Engineering Lead- Options

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

• 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

Conditions

• 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.