Head Of Engineering - Options

About Keyrock

Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead

We Are Looking For Someone Who Can

• Lead and grow an Options Engineering team of around 7 engineers
• Bring hands-on experience in systematic options trading, ideally including options market-making, automated quoting, execution, and risk management
• Own and evolve an existing Rust-native systematic options trading platform
• Provide strong technical direction across trading infrastructure, system design, performance, reliability, and risk controls
• Work pragmatically through complex engineering and trading-system challenges
• Partner closely with trading, quant, product, risk, and infrastructure stakeholders
• Balance technical leadership with people leadership, delivery ownership, and operational discipline

Required Experience

• 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, if not already
• Strong 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
• Strong knowledge of gRPC and experience working with Node.js-based services is preferred
• Previous experience with crypto exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is strongly preferred

Leadership & Working Style

• Strong team player with the ability to lead, mentor, and guide engineers
• Pragmatic approach to problem-solving, system design, and implementation
• Able to balance latency, reliability, safety, complexity, and delivery speed
• Comfortable making technical decisions under uncertainty
• Demonstrates outside-the-box thinking while staying grounded in practical delivery
• Communicates clearly and effectively, especially in unfamiliar or ambiguous contexts where clarity is critical
• Able to work closely with traders, quants, risk, product, and infrastructure stakeholders
• Strong ownership mindset, especially for production trading systems
• Our recruitment philosophy
• We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process.
• We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals.
• Were after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field.
• The perfect fit?
• A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.
• Our offer
• A competitive salary package
• Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence
• As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment.
• We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.
• Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.
• https://keyrock.com/careers/

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