Real-Time Systematic Trading Risk Lead

Metabit; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Metabit is seeking a senior risk/ops professional to supervise live automated trading engines in a high-performance, quant environment in Singapore. You will own incident response, verify system behavior against risk logic, and drive platform improvements in collaboration with Quant/Tech teams.

You will act as the desk''s first line of defense for live trading, exercising decisive control during anomalies and outages while ensuring PnL and risk outcomes align with firm protocols.

Qualifications

• Experience managing live systematic/quantitative trading desks in global equities preferred.
• Deep understanding of trading system architecture, order execution lifecycles, FIX mechanics, and live workflows.
• Proven ability to make split-second Kill/No-Kill decisions under pressure and to perform autonomous interventions.

Responsibilities

• Real-Time Supervision: Own real-time supervision of firm''s automated trading strategies; monitor performance, positions, and system health; diagnose anomalies before incidents occur.
• Trading Operations & Support: Manage intraday broker/exchange notifications, approvals, and deployments to ensure uninterrupted trading continuity.
• Incident Response: Exercise ultimate authority during prolonged system failures; make decisive interventions and own financial/risk outcomes.
• Platform Improvement: Drive end-to-end enhancements from postmortems to engineering prioritization and delivery.
• External Liaison: Coordinate with Prime Brokers, Executing Brokers, and Exchanges during outages or rule changes.

Skills

Real-time supervision

Python analytics

Linux/UNIX

FIX protocol

Trading systems

Incident response

Decision making

English fluency

Platform improvement

Equity market knowledge

Job description

Metabit is seeking a senior risk/ops professional to supervise live automated trading engines in a high-performance, quant environment in Singapore. You will own incident response, verify system behavior against risk logic, and drive platform improvements in collaboration with Quant/Tech teams.

You will act as the desk''s first line of defense for live trading, exercising decisive control during anomalies and outages while ensuring PnL and risk outcomes align with firm protocols.