Head of Engineering — Remote Options Trading Platform

Keyrock; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work

Entrepreneurial environment

Job summary

Keyrock is seeking a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead with strong experience in systematic options trading to lead our Options Engineering team. You will drive continuous improvement across the trading infrastructure, including automated quoting, execution, risk controls, pricing workflows, and production reliability.

Based in European time zones or US East Coast, you will lead a team of about 7 engineers, collaborate with traders, quants, risk, product, and infrastructure, and own the

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in systematic trading, options market-making or low-latency trading systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Rust, C++, or C.
• Willingness to become deeply proficient in Rust.
• Experience with SQL databases, PostgreSQL preferred.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and production reliability.
• Experience with trading infrastructure and risk controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an Options Engineering team of around 7 engineers.
• Own and evolve the Rust-native systematic options trading platform.
• Drive continuous improvement across trading infrastructure, including automated quoting and execution.
• Collaborate with trading, quants, risk, product, and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure production reliability and strong risk controls.

Skills

Systematic trading

Options market-making

Low-latency trading

Rust

C++

C

SQL databases

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

gRPC

Node.js services

Crypto exchange connectivity

FPGA technologies

Tools

PostgreSQL

gRPC

Node.js

FPGA technologies

Job description

Keyrock is seeking a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead with strong experience in systematic options trading to lead our Options Engineering team. You will drive continuous improvement across the trading infrastructure, including automated quoting, execution, risk controls, pricing workflows, and production reliability.

Based in European time zones or US East Coast, you will lead a team of about 7 engineers, collaborate with traders, quants, risk, product, and infrastructure, and own the