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Trading Systems Performance Lead

Austin, TX, USFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-09
No visa sponsorship

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