Summary

As Technical Lead at Keyrock, you will assume responsibility for the technology underpinning our Strategic Market Making team, designing and developing mid/high-frequency, large-scale trading platforms that provide Keyrock with a competitive advantage. You will oversee the entire development lifecycle - from initial architecture and code reviews to performance optimisation and continuous deployment - harmonising strategic vision with hands-on engineering. You will foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, working closely with Product, Quantitative Research and Operations to translate strategic objectives into scalable systems and measurable outcomes. Ultimately, you will ensure the delivery of secure, reliable and high-performance solutions that maintain Keyrock’s market leadership.

Job description

1. Lead and manage a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
2. Drive the design, development, and maintenance of high-concurrency, high-performance trading systems.
3. Collaborate closely with product management to align engineering efforts with product goals and roadmap.
4. Implement and enforce best practices in software development, including code reviews, testing methodologies, and deployment strategies.
5. Ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of our systems by implementing robust architectures and engineering practices.
6. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members, fostering their professional growth and development.
7. Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement.
8. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
9. Collaborate with System Architect and other Engineering managers to align with our company-wide technical strategy.

Key Responsibilities

1. Provide both strategic direction and day-to-day hands-on development across our suite of high-concurrency, high-performance trading platforms.
2. Lead, mentor and inspire a multidisciplinary team of engineers, embedding a growth mindset, agile practices and engineering excellence.
3. Partner with Product Management to translate roadmap objectives into scalable architectures, rigorous engineering plans and sprint deliverables.
4. Define, implement and uphold industry-leading development standards - including comprehensive code reviews, test-driven development, CI/CD pipelines and release orchestration.
5. Architect and validate robust, secure and resilient systems; proactively identify performance bottlenecks and champion continuous optimisation.
6. Collaborate with the System Architect and fellow Engineering Managers to ensure alignment with our overarching technical vision and technology stack roadmap.
7. Drive innovation by evaluating emerging technologies, fostering proof-of-concepts and rolling out improvements that deliver measurable business impact.
8. Engage with cross-functional teams (Operations, Security, QA, Architecture) to streamline processes, elevate operational maturity and guarantee 24/7 production reliability.

Requirements

1. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
2. Demonstrated expertise in architecting and maintaining high-concurrency, low-latency trading systems at scale
3. Advanced proficiency in Rust (or C++ and willing to learn Rust); working knowledge of Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript) and Python is an advantage
4. Deep experience with data-intensive architectures and real-time data pipelines
5. Proven track record deploying, optimising and operating AWS environments for ultra-low-latency workloads
6. Hands-on experience containerising applications and managing Kubernetes clusters in production
7. Familiarity with GitOps workflows to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployments
8. Solid command of software engineering best practices, including Agile methodologies, DevOps principles and end-to-end CI/CD pipelines
9. Knowledge of DevSecFinOps principles to embed security, compliance and cost-governance throughout the delivery lifecycle
10. Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams, with a commitment to fostering collaboration, mentorship and continuous professional growth
11. Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, able to partner effectively with Product, Quantitative Research and Operations
12. Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, with a passion for building scalable, reliable and secure systems
13. Deep domain knowledge of finance and trading, particularly within the cryptocurrency sector
14. Experience in fast-paced, dynamic financial or fintech environments is highly desirable

We would like the successful candidate to be based in the UK or Europe. Remote and flexible work options are available.

Skills

• AWS
• C++
• Communications Skills
• Leadership
• Rust
• Software Engineering
• Team Collaboration
• TypeScript