Remote Options Engineering Lead - Rust and Trading Platform

Keyrock; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 1.200.000 - 1.800.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary package

Flexible working hours and remote work

Entrepreneurial team and merit-based,卓

Descripción de la vacante

Keyrock is seeking a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead to steer the Options Engineering team and advance our systematic options trading platform. You will drive automated quoting, execution, risk controls, and pricing workflows while ensuring production reliability.

The role suits candidates based in European or US East Coast time zones, with a strong emphasis on leadership, practical delivery, and collaboration with traders and quants across a predominantly remote setup.

Formación

• 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.
• Solid understanding of algorithmic options trading, including automated quoting, execution, pricing, risk controls, and market data workflows.
• Experience building or maintaining low-latency trading systems, ideally within options or derivatives markets.
• Experience working with SQL databases in production environments, with PostgreSQL preferred.
• Familiarity with functional testing, component testing, and production-grade validation practices.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, service boundaries, and production reliability.
• Knowledge of gRPC and experience with Node.js-based services is preferred.
• Previous experience with crypto exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is strongly preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and grow an Options Engineering team of around 7 engineers.
• Provide hands-on technical direction across trading infrastructure, system design, performance, reliability, and risk controls.
• Own and evolve the existing Rust-native systematic options trading platform.
• Work with traders, quants, risk, product, and infrastructure stakeholders to solve complex engineering challenges.
• Balance technical leadership with people leadership, delivery ownership, and operational discipline.

Conocimientos

Rust

C++

C

gRPC

Node.js

Herramientas

PostgreSQL

gRPC

Node.js

Descripción del empleo

Keyrock is seeking a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead to steer the Options Engineering team and advance our systematic options trading platform. You will drive automated quoting, execution, risk controls, and pricing workflows while ensuring production reliability.

The role suits candidates based in European or US East Coast time zones, with a strong emphasis on leadership, practical delivery, and collaboration with traders and quants across a predominantly remote setup.