Head of Engineering / CTO — HFT

Engineering Lead / CTO — High-Frequency Trading

New York, NY

A New York HFT that has been consistently profitable for over a decade and doubled its PnL last year. Small, well-capitalised and deliberately low-profile, they're looking for one person to own their engineering function end to end

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This is a rare ownership seat. You'll set the technical direction, modernise the stack, grow \& lead the team, and stay hands-on in the cod

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WHAT YOU'LL**

DO• Own the architecture and technical direction of the trading syst

ems• Modernise and evolve an established low-latency C\+\+ codeb

ase• Lead and mentor the engineering t

eam• Stay hands-on — design and write production code, not just man

age• Work directly with traders and the founder on firm priorit

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WHAT YOU'LL B**

RING• A strong engineering background from another HFT or top-tier trading

firm• Deep, hands-on expertise in low-latency systems (

C\+\+)• A track record of owning systems end to end, ideally somewhere you've seen the whole picture rather than one narrow

lane• The judgement to lead and set direction while staying techn

ical• Based in, or willing to relocate to, New

York