CTO — Low-Latency Trading Platform Architect

Empower Partners Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower Partners Singapore is seeking a hands-on technology leader to own the architecture and delivery of its next-generation, low-latency trading platform. You will lead core and platform engineering teams while contributing to critical design, code, and performance decisions.

This role suits an engineering leader from traditional finance HFT, ideally with deep equities trading experience. You will own end-to-end platform architecture, drive high-performance systems, and mentor engineers

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience building or optimizing production low-latency systems in traditional finance HFT, preferably in equities.
• Deep understanding of trading infrastructure including market data, pricing, risk, OMS/EMS, and exchange connectivity.
• Experience leading specialist engineering teams while remaining technically hands-on.
• Track record of making sound architectural decisions and delivering complex trading systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture of the trading platform—from market data to execution and positions.
• Lead design and delivery of high-performance systems supporting trading across global markets.
• Write and review critical code, resolve latency and reliability issues, set technical standards.
• Mentor engineers across core trading systems, platform engineering and infrastructure.
• Set priorities, manage dependencies, and drive delivery across the full trading stack.
• Collaborate with traders and quants to translate requirements into production systems.

Skills

C++

Rust

Low-latency systems

Job description

Empower Partners Singapore is seeking a hands-on technology leader to own the architecture and delivery of its next-generation, low-latency trading platform. You will lead core and platform engineering teams while contributing to critical design, code, and performance decisions.

This role suits an engineering leader from traditional finance HFT, ideally with deep equities trading experience. You will own end-to-end platform architecture, drive high-performance systems, and mentor engineers