Trading Technology Engineering Manager

About the role

This Engineering Manager role focuses on leading the development of a robust trading platform for Ethena Labs' digital dollar products. The work involves ensuring efficient execution of large trades with minimal slippage and building high-performance market data pipelines. Success in this position means delivering a reliable trading system that supports the company's innovative financial offerings.

The role requires collaboration with quantitative and trading teams to develop and implement new strategies and execution logic. It also emphasizes applying modern software development best practices, including test-driven development, behavior-driven development, and continuous integration/continuous deployment. The manager will design fault-tolerant architectures to ensure high availability and reliability of the trading systems.

Ethena Labs is known for products like USDe, a synthetic dollar, and USDtb, a fiat-backed stablecoin. The company also provides whitelabel stablecoin solutions, building foundational infrastructure for a global financial system. The manager will mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of quality engineering, contributing to a team that values collaboration and innovation within a remote-friendly environment.

The listed salary range for this position is between $250,000 and $300,000 USD per year.

Skills that matter here

• TDD: This role requires advocating for and hands-on experience with Test-Driven Development to ensure high-quality code and robust system design.
• BDD: Behavior-Driven Development is a key modern development practice for this role, used to define and test system behavior effectively.
• CI/CD: The manager will implement and manage Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines to streamline software delivery.
• SOLID: Applying SOLID principles is essential for writing modular, clean, and maintainable code within the trading platform.
• REST: Experience with REST is needed for integrating with various trading venues and building market data pipelines.
• FIX: Knowledge of the FIX protocol is required for seamless integration with multiple trading venues.

Who this role suits

• A person with a proven track record of leading engineering teams in trading technology environments.
• Someone who has built and supported trading infrastructure from the ground up, including market data handlers and execution platforms.
• An individual with strong expertise in modern development practices and resilient system design.
• A leader capable of breaking down complex challenges into actionable solutions and making strategic technical decisions.

From the employer

• Design and implement a robust trading platform that ensures efficient execution of large trade sizes with minimal slippage.
• Build high-performance market data pipelines and ensure seamless integration with multiple trading venues (REST/WS, FIX, and other protocols).
• Collaborate with quant and trading teams to develop and implement new trading strategies and execution logic.
• Apply modern software development best practices, such as TDD, BDD, test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and SOLID principles.
• Design fault-tolerant architectures with failover mechanisms to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of high-quality engineering and technical excellence.

• Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams within trading tech environments such as Investment Banks, Trading firms, Exchanges, or Market Makers.
• Track record of building and supporting trading infrastructure from the ground up, including market data feed handlers, algo engines, backtesting frameworks, and execution platforms.
• Expertise in modern development practices (TDD, BDD, CI/CD, SOLID), how to write modular, clean, code, and resilient system design.
• Strong knowledge of trading mechanisms, security protocols, and infrastructure management across multiple venues.
• Hands-on experience working with centralized crypto exchanges (CEXs) and trading instruments such as perpetual swaps and deliverable futures.
• Understanding of order routing, trade reconciliation, and execution quality optimization across multiple trading venues.
• Expertise in optimizing for system performance, ensuring low-latency execution, high throughput, and execution quality.
• Strong ability to break down complex challenges into actionable solutions and make strategic technical decisions.
• Strong advocate for TDD, BDD, and test automation with hands-on experience in unit, integration, regression, performance, and end-to-end testing.

• Join a group that has well established itself as one of the most successful crypto-native companies of all time.
• Work alongside a passionate and innovative team that values collaboration and creativity.
• Enjoy a flexible, remote-friendly work environment with established opportunities for personal growth and learning.