Trading Systems Performance Lead
Core
Lead and scale a trading systems support team, ensuring system uptime, capacity, and performance under high-load market conditions while defining operating standards and metrics.
Role type
Senior IC/Lead trading systems performance engineer (team leadership)
Builds
Proprietary trading systems support infrastructure and operational processes
Domain
Financial services / High-frequency trading
Required skills
Team leadership and mentorship, incident diagnosis and resolution, performance metrics design, scripting and automation (Python, Shell), Linux OS, version control (Git)
Preferred skills
Trading systems knowledge, US exchange protocols, C++, Rust, financial environment experience
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow the trading support team; ensure system uptime and performance under high volatility; drive continuous improvement of tools and workflows; oversee support for proprietary trading systems; design performance metrics and dashboards; prepare team structure and processes to scale
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership