US Derivatives Trading Technology Lead

OKX; United States; On-site; USD 313,000 - 451,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total compensation package

Education subsidy for growth and dev

Team building programs and company/unw

Job summary

OKX seeks a senior trading-technology leader to design and deliver the technology stack connecting customers to a regulated US derivatives market. This role requires building a scalable architecture, selecting clearing FCMs and OMS providers, and guiding vendor strategies with a deep understanding of the US derivatives ecosystem.

You will report to the OKX Core Trading Product Management leadership with a dotted line to the CEO and COO of the local entity, and you will recruit and lead the US

Qualifications

• 10+ years in electronic trading or capital-markets technology.
• Deep knowledge of listed derivatives and US futures market structure.
• Experience with OMS, FIX, exchange connectivity, market data and pre-trade risk.
• Prior experience working at an FCM is preferred.
• Understanding of the complete execution, clearing and settlement lifecycle.
• Track record delivering mission-critical trading platforms.
• Ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into technical architecture.
• Strong leadership across engineering, product, risk, compliance and operations.

Responsibilities

• Design the end-to-end US derivatives trading architecture.
• Lead the selection of the clearing FCM, OMS and market-access providers.
• Deep familiarity with leading OMS, risk-management, and market-data vendors in the U.S. derivatives ecosystem.
• Decide between vendor-provided, direct-exchange and hybrid connectivity.
• Define the long-term build-versus-buy roadmap.
• Lead internal and vendor integrations across OMS, margin, liquidation, funding, UI, and KYC.
• Lead exchange connectivity, certification and production readiness.
• Define pre-trade risk, kill-switch, drop-copy and reconciliation requirements.
• Establish 24/7 monitoring, incident response and disaster recovery.
• Own vendor technical diligence, contracts, SLAs and delivery.
• Recruit and lead the US trading-technology team.

Skills

Electronic trading

Capital markets tech

Derivatives knowledge

OMS

FIX

Market data

Pre-trade risk

Leadership

Tools

OMS platforms

Market data feeds

Job description

OKX seeks a senior trading-technology leader to design and deliver the technology stack connecting customers to a regulated US derivatives market. This role requires building a scalable architecture, selecting clearing FCMs and OMS providers, and guiding vendor strategies with a deep understanding of the US derivatives ecosystem.

You will report to the OKX Core Trading Product Management leadership with a dotted line to the CEO and COO of the local entity, and you will recruit and lead the US