Founding Team Lead, People Technology

Selby Jennings; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is assisting a leading HFT firm in Chicago to hire a Team Lead for a brand-new back-office engineering function. This founding engineer role offers ownership of the greenfield build, shaping architecture and internal platforms from the ground up.

You will mentor a small team of engineers while continuing to contribute as an individual contributor, enjoying high autonomy and influence over technical direction. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams or managing engineers is a plus.
• Strong ownership and autonomy on greenfield projects.
• Ability to design and scale internal platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build a new back-office engineering function.
• Own architecture and development of critical internal platforms.
• Mentor a small team of engineers while contributing as an IC.

Skills

Team leadership

Architectural ownership

Mentorship

Job description

Selby Jennings is assisting a leading HFT firm in Chicago to hire a Team Lead for a brand-new back-office engineering function. This founding engineer role offers ownership of the greenfield build, shaping architecture and internal platforms from the ground up.

You will mentor a small team of engineers while continuing to contribute as an individual contributor, enjoying high autonomy and influence over technical direction. Sponsorship is not available for this position.