Head of Engineering - Remote Options Trading Platform

Keyrock; United Kingdom; Remote; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work option

Autonomy in time management

Job summary

Keyrock is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the Options Engineering team, driving continuous improvement across automated quoting, execution, risk controls, and platform reliability. You will own a Rust-native trading platform and work with traders, quants, risk, product, and infra teams to deliver scalable, production-ready systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, collaboration across global hubs, and the ability to balance latency with reliability in a fast-paced crypto trading

Qualifications

• 7+ years in systematic trading, options market-making or low-latency trading systems.
• Hands-on experience with Rust, C++, or C development.
• Willingness to become deeply proficient in Rust.
• Experience with automated quoting, execution, pricing, risk controls, and market data workflows.
• Experience building or maintaining low-latency trading systems in options/derivatives.
• Experience with SQL databases in production (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Familiarity with functional testing, component testing, and production-grade validation practices.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, service boundaries, and production reliability.
• Knowledge of gRPC and Node.js-based services preferred.
• Experience with crypto exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an Options Engineering team of around 7 engineers.
• Provide strong technical direction across trading infrastructure, system design, performance, reliability, and risk controls.
• Own and evolve an existing Rust-native systematic options trading platform.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, product, risk, and infrastructure stakeholders.
• Balance technical leadership with people leadership, delivery ownership, and operational discipline.
• Navigate complex engineering and trading-system challenges pragmatically.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

gRPC

Node.js

Tools

PostgreSQL

FPGA

Node.js

Job description

Keyrock is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the Options Engineering team, driving continuous improvement across automated quoting, execution, risk controls, and platform reliability. You will own a Rust-native trading platform and work with traders, quants, risk, product, and infra teams to deliver scalable, production-ready systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, collaboration across global hubs, and the ability to balance latency with reliability in a fast-paced crypto trading