Job description
Engineering Lead- Options
Company Overview
Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. Today, we rock with over 200 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Madrid, Brussels, Singapore, New York and Paris.
Job Summary
We are looking for a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead with strong experience in systematic options trading to lead our Options Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the Options Engineering team, driving continuous improvement across the trading infrastructure, and supporting the evolution of our systematic options trading platform.
Key Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements / Qualifications
- 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
Location
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Remote)
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary & Benefits
- A competitive salary package
- Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours
- Opportunity to work remotely
Equal Opportunity Statement
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.
