Head of Engineering / CTO
Core
Senior engineering leader to modernize engineering practices, platform maturity, and organizational structure for a flagship algorithmic trading business while preserving performance and agility.
Role type
Senior IC/Lead engineering leader (Head of Engineering / CTO)
Builds
Large-scale, established trading platform
Domain
High-frequency trading (HFT) / Quantitative finance
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering strategy, distributed systems, reliability engineering, organizational leadership, CI/CD, observability, legacy system modernization, AI-enabled engineering workflows
Preferred skills
Experience in trading, big tech, or high-scale startups
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Define long-term engineering strategy, improve engineering maturity and workflows, lead observability and reliability initiatives, drive platform scalability, introduce modern software standards, lead AI-enabled engineering initiatives, mentor engineering teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope
