Head of Trading Engineering & Systems Architecture

zerohash

United States

On-site

USD 250,000 - 400,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

zerohash is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead our Trade organization, the team responsible for trading technology that powers execution, liquidity, and market access across our platform. You will set the technical vision, build a high-performing multi-team engineering function, and partner with the CTO and product leadership.

You have 15+ years in software and 8+ years leading managers, with a proven fintech/trading background and strong executive communication.

Qualifications

15+ years of software design and development experience with backend and distributed systems.
8+ years of engineering leadership, including managing managers and senior engineers.
Proven track record scaling engineering organizations (30+ engineers) in fintech/trading/crypto.
Experience owning multi-team technical strategy and roadmap at VP/Director level.
Strong executive communication and cross-functional partnering with Product, Compliance, Risk and Legal.

Responsibilities

Own the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for zerohash’s trade organization and align with company strategy.
Build, lead, and scale a multi-team engineering organization; hire and develop managers and ICs.
Own trading systems reliability, performance, and risk including matching engines and FIX connectivity.
Partner with CTO and senior leadership to set org-wide technical standards, priorities, and culture.
Represent engineering to leadership and clients on trading technology; recruit and mentor senior talent.