Head of Engineering: Options Trading, Rust Lead, Remote

Keyrock; Cape Town; A distancia; ZAR 3.007.519 - 4.678.363; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Remote work option

Descripción de la vacante

Keyrock, a leading digital asset market maker, is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the Options Engineering team. You will guide the evolution of our Rust-based systematic options platform, improve quoting, execution, risk controls and production reliability.

The role requires 7+ years in systematic trading or low-latency systems, strong Rust/C/C++ skills, and the ability to collaborate with traders, quants and infrastructure teams. Remote-first with global time-zone alignment.

Formación

• 7+ years in systematic trading, options market‑making or low‑latency trading systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Rust, C++, or C and willingness to deepen Rust expertise.
• Strong understanding of automated quoting, execution, pricing, and risk controls.
• Experience with production‑grade, low‑latency trading systems and databases (PostgreSQL).
• Familiarity with distributed systems, service boundaries, and reliability.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and grow an Options Engineering team of around 7 engineers.
• Provide technical direction across trading infrastructure, system design and performance.
• Own and evolve an existing Rust‑native systematic options trading platform.
• Partner with traders, quants, product, risk and infrastructure teams.
• Balance leadership with delivery ownership and operational discipline.

Conocimientos

Rust

C++

C

Low-latency trading

Distributed systems

gRPC

PostgreSQL

Node.js services

Crypto exchange connectivity

FPGA

Herramientas

PostgreSQL

gRPC

Node.js

FPGA

Descripción del empleo

Keyrock, a leading digital asset market maker, is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the Options Engineering team. You will guide the evolution of our Rust-based systematic options platform, improve quoting, execution, risk controls and production reliability.

The role requires 7+ years in systematic trading or low-latency systems, strong Rust/C/C++ skills, and the ability to collaborate with traders, quants and infrastructure teams. Remote-first with global time-zone alignment.