Director of Engineering, Trading
Core
Building and scaling a focused engineering organization responsible for institutional trading capabilities across multiple asset classes, evolving the platform toward a multi-asset, cross-margining offering.
Role type
Director-level engineering leader (institutional trading platform)
Builds
Institutional trading platform, order management system, real-time risk and margin engines
Domain
Financial services, institutional trading, brokerage infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Architectural judgment, team leadership, distributed systems design, latency-sensitive system optimization, cross-asset risk and margining, regulated environment compliance
Preferred skills
Algorithmic trading systems, portfolio margin methodologies, hedge fund/proprietary trading firm experience, architecture standards, rapid growth scaling
Technologies
Trading APIs, order management systems, risk engines, margin engines
Responsibilities
Define and execute engineering roadmap for institutional trading platform, build and scale high-performing engineering teams, partner with CTO and Global Head of Brokerage to align priorities, lead evolution toward multi-asset trading architecture, design and deliver institutional trading capabilities, work cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Finance, provide technical and architectural thought leadership, perform hands-on engineering including code reviews and production deployments
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with team leadership