Head of Engineering, Options Trading Platform (Remote)

Keyrock; City Of London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work

Entrepreneurial environment

Job summary

Keyrock, a leading digital asset market maker, is seeking a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead to helm our Options Engineering team. You will lead ~7 engineers, shape the roadmap for a Rust‑native systematic options trading platform, and collaborate with trading, quants, product, risk and infrastructure.

The role emphasizes ownership, reliability, and pragmatic delivery, with broad latitude for remote work and preferred alignment to European or US East Coast time zones.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in systematic trading, options market‑making or low‑latency trading systems.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Rust, C++, or C.
• Willingness to become deeply proficient in Rust, if not already.
• Strong understanding of algorithmic options trading, including automated quoting, execution, pricing, risk controls, and market data workflows.
• Experience building or maintaining low‑latency trading systems, ideally within options or derivatives markets.
• Experience working with SQL databases in production environments, with PostgreSQL preferred.
• Familiarity with functional testing, component testing, and production‑grade validation practices.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, service boundaries, and production reliability.
• Strong knowledge of gRPC and experience working with Node.js‑based services is preferred.
• Previous experience with crypto exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an Options Engineering team of around 7 engineers.
• Bring hands‑on experience in systematic options trading, ideally including options market‑making, automated quoting, execution, and risk management.
• Own and evolve an existing Rust‑native systematic options trading platform.
• Provide strong technical direction across trading infrastructure, system design, performance, reliability, and risk controls.
• Work pragmatically through complex engineering and trading-system challenges.
• Partner closely with trading, quants, product, risk, and infrastructure stakeholders
• Balance technical leadership with people leadership, delivery ownership, and operational discipline.

Skills

Rust

C++

C

Low-latency trading

System design

Distributed systems

gRPC

PostgreSQL

Node.js services

Crypto exchange connectivity

Tools

PostgreSQL

gRPC

Job description

Keyrock, a leading digital asset market maker, is seeking a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead to helm our Options Engineering team. You will lead ~7 engineers, shape the roadmap for a Rust‑native systematic options trading platform, and collaborate with trading, quants, product, risk and infrastructure.

The role emphasizes ownership, reliability, and pragmatic delivery, with broad latitude for remote work and preferred alignment to European or US East Coast time zones.