Deputy Chief Technology Officer - Trading Firm

Stealth; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option plan

Performance bonus

Fully remote, hybrid or premium office

Executive tech budget

Job summary

The Company is seeking a Deputy CTO to partner with the CTO in leading a global engineering organization. You will oversee delivery cadence, platform modernization, data governance, and regulatory compliance while aligning technical execution with business strategy for scalable, high‑frequency trading platforms.

You will guide cross‑divisional engineering, manage budgets, and mentor VPs across Europe and the US, enabling strategic AI initiatives and strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience with low-latency distributed systems and algorithmic trading infrastructure.
• Experience operating within regulated environments (MiCA, DORA, SOC 2).
• Strong leadership of global engineering teams and cross‑divisional data initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day global engineering operations and delivery pipelines.
• Oversee platform consolidation and data governance across venues and markets.
• Drive cybersecurity execution and regulatory compliance (MiCA, DORA, SOC 2).
• Manage global engineering budget, vendor relationships, and M&A integrations.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic planning

Operational excellence

Executive communication

Tools

Rust

Job description

Deputy Chief Technology Officer - Trading Firm

Funding: Series C

About The Company

Since 2017, The Company has grown into a leading digital asset market maker and infrastructure provider. Today, our team of 200+ professionals across 42 nationalities powers trading on 80+ exchanges. Operating across Capital Markets and Asset & Wealth Management divisions, we combine algorithmic trading innovation (pioneering Rust in Web3) with institutional-grade financial services. Backed by our recent Series C, we are actively building the future of digital assets through organic innovation and strategic M&A.

Role Overview

The Deputy CTO partners with the CTO to lead the day-to-day operations of The Company’s global engineering organization. You will hold near-executive authority over engineering delivery, operational resilience, organizational health, and budget across all divisions. By connecting business strategy to world-class technical execution, you will ensure our high-frequency trading and asset management platforms scale reliably, freeing the CTO to focus on long-range AI transformation and external representation.

What Success Looks Like (12–18 Months)

• Operational Excellence: A unified engineering cadence (OKRs, KPIs, delivery flow) is consistently adopted across divisions, enabling VPs to operate with high autonomy.
• Platform Modernization: The multi-year trading platform consolidation transitions successfully from design to MVP with clear improvements in latency and deployment velocity.
• Data Governance: A centralized, group-level data capability is live with a published catalog and cross-divisional SLAs.
• Regulatory & Cost Control: Engineering consistently hits all MiCA, DORA, and SOC 2 milestones while managing cloud and vendor spend against clear business-unit baselines.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Delivery & Cadence: Run day-to-day global engineering operations. Own OKRs, monthly business reviews, and delivery pipelines. Deputize for the CTO with the Board, ExCo, and external partners.
• Platform Consolidation & Data Strategy: Lead the multi-year unification of The Company's trading infrastructure across 80+ venues and 1,400+ markets. Oversee the creation of shared group data pipelines and governance.
• Cybersecurity Execution & Compliance: Own the on-the-ground execution of The Company’s security and regulatory commitments (MiCA, DORA, SOC 2). Foster a \"controls-by-design\" engineering culture while respecting regulated divisional information walls.
• Talent, Budget & Scale: Manage the global engineering budget, vendor relationships, and M&A engineering integrations. Mentor divisional VPs, refine career frameworks, and scale the team across Europe and the US.

Core Competencies

• Scale Operational Leadership: Proven ability to design and run engineering operating models (metrics, governance, delivery) for global teams.
• Technical Depth & Decision-Making: Comfortable challenging senior architects on system design and making decisive, firm-wide trade-offs under constraints.
• Executive Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex technical risks, budgets, and timelines into crisp, actionable insights for ExCo and the Board.
• Regulatory Execution Fluency: Expert at translating high-level security strategies into practical, everyday engineering workflows and compliance outcomes.

Key Experiences & Target Background

• Trading & Crypto Infrastructure: Substantial experience with low-latency distributed systems, algorithmic trading infrastructure, and digital assets (CEX/DEX market structure, custody, on-chain settlement). Familiarity with Rust is a strong plus.
• Multi-Division Scale & Consolidation: Proven track record running global engineering across multiple business lines, including executing large-scale platform consolidations and managing shared data/infra functions.
• Regulated Environments: Experience operating within strict regulatory frameworks (MiCA, DORA, SOC 2) and managing engineering across compliance-driven information walls.
• Operational #2 Profile: Prior experience as a trusted senior deputy or operational partner to a technical founder or CTO, taking true ownership of execution while strategy is held by the principal.
• Growth & M&A Integration: Experience scaling engineering organizations through rapid maturity phases and integrating acquired technical teams.

What We Offer

We recognize that elite engineering leadership requires a world-class environment. As a key executive, this is a highly influential role where you will drive our overarching technology strategy, shape the engineering culture, and have the direct ability to make major company decisions.

To support your success, we offer a top-percentile compensation and benefits package designed for global leaders:

• Competitive Base Salary: A highly attractive, top-market base salary reflective of elite engineering leadership in the proprietary trading and HFT space.
• Stock Option Plan: Significant equity participation, giving you a vested stake in the long-term success and growth of the firm.
• Performance Bonus: A highly lucrative, discretionary annual bonus structure tied directly to firm and individual impact.

Workplace Flexibility & Tech

• Ultimate Working Flexibility: Choose the environment where you perform best, with fully remote, hybrid, or premium office-based options.
• Global Mobility: The seamless ability to travel to, work from, and collaborate across our international office hubs.
• Executive Tech Budget: A generous workplace and technology allowance to build a bespoke, ultra-high-end remote engineering and trading workstation.

Health, Culture & Lifestyle

• Localized Statutory Care: Full statutory benefits, pension contributions, and leave entitlements tailored to maximize the standards of your country of residence.
• Global Offsites: Fully funded company offsites and leadership retreats to foster strategic alignment and innovation.
• Company Socials: Regular regional team events and socials to build deep relationships across our engineering and trading desks.

Our Interview Process

We respect your time and run a streamlined, transparent, and highly communicative hiring process. For this executive position, our process consists of:

• Initial Discovery: An introductory call with our Senior Talent Partner to discuss your background, the role's scope, and mutual alignment.
• Strategic & Technical Deep-Dive: A call with our CTO to discuss architectural philosophy, high-frequency infrastructure, and engineering leadership.
• Executive Alignment: A comprehensive meeting with our Chief Executive team to focus on business strategy, firm vision, and cultural fit.
• Presentation & Debrief: A final stage involving a presentation on a relevant technical or strategic topic, followed by an interactive debrief with our leadership.
• Offer: Extension of a highly competitive offer to join the executive team.