Lead Exchange Connectivity Engineer

Albert Bow; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International team

100% health cover

Pension scheme

Learning & development budget

Team socials and offsites

Job summary

Albert Bow in London seeks an Exchange Connectivity Operations Manager to own onboarding of crypto exchange integrations from contract signing to go-live.

You will coordinate across trading, engineering, sales and exchange partners to ensure timely testing, robust connectivity and documentation, and maintain exchange relationships.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in crypto trading, exchanges or digital asset infrastructure.
• Understanding of REST/WebSocket APIs and exchange connectivity.
• Strong project management and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Ability to read API documentation and assess integrations.
• Organised and capable of managing multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Own exchange onboarding from contract to production.
• Coordinate with trading, engineering, sales and exchange partners.
• Manage API configuration, testing and go-live readiness.
• Track integration progression, upgrades and exchange changes.
• Maintain documentation and ongoing exchange relationships.

Skills

Crypto trading

REST APIs

WebSocket APIs

Project management

Stakeholder management

API documentation

Organized

Multi-workstreams

Tools

Jira

Notion

Linear

Job description

Exchange Connectivity Operations Manager

The Role

Join a leading crypto trading firm to own the exchange onboarding process from contract signing through to go-live and ongoing support. Working across trading, engineering, sales and exchange partners, you'll ensure integrations are delivered on time, tested thoroughly and maintained effectively. This is a 50% operations / 50% technical coordination role, ideal for someone organised, proactive and eager to deepen their understanding of crypto market infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Own exchange onboarding from contract to production.
• Coordinate with trading, engineering, sales and exchange partners.
• Manage API configuration, testing and go-live readiness.
• Track integration progress, upgrades and exchange changes.
• Support technical reviews and identify blockers early.
• Maintain documentation and ongoing exchange relationships.

Requirements

• 2+ years in crypto trading, exchanges or digital asset infrastructure.
• Understanding of REST/WebSocket APIs, exchange connectivity and testing.
• Strong project management and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Comfortable reading API documentation and assessing integrations.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple workstreams.

Nice to Have

• Experience with exchange integrations, FIX, Jira/Notion/Linear.
• Knowledge of CEX/DEX infrastructure.
• Basic Python or scripting experience.

Benefits

• International team.
• 100% health cover.
• Pension scheme.
• Learning & development budget.
• Team socials and offsites.

Best,