Trading Technology Engineering Manager

About the role

This leadership role focuses on developing and optimizing the trading platform for Ethena Labs' digital dollar products. Responsibilities include designing systems for efficient trade execution, building high-performance market data pipelines, and integrating with various trading venues using protocols like REST, WS, and FIX. The position requires ensuring minimal slippage for large trades and high availability through fault-tolerant architectures.

A key aspect of this role is collaborating with quantitative and trading teams to implement new strategies and execution logic. The Head of Trading Technology Engineering will apply modern software development best practices, including TDD, BDD, CI/CD, and SOLID principles, to maintain code quality and system resilience. This involves a strong emphasis on test automation across different testing phases.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for leading and mentoring junior engineers, cultivating a culture of technical excellence within the team. This involves guiding the development of trading infrastructure from the ground up, including components like market data feed handlers, algo engines, and execution platforms, while optimizing for system performance and low-latency execution.

The salary for this full-time Head of Trading Technology Engineering role ranges from $250,000 to $300,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• TDD: This role requires advocating for and hands-on experience with Test-Driven Development as a core modern development practice.
• BDD: Behavior-Driven Development is a key modern development practice to be applied and championed in this position.
• CI/CD: The role involves implementing and maintaining Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines for efficient software deployment.
• SOLID: Adherence to SOLID principles is essential for writing modular, clean, and maintainable code within the trading platform.
• REST: Experience with REST is necessary for integrating market data and trading functionality with various venues.
• FIX: Knowledge of the FIX protocol is required for seamless integration with multiple trading venues.

Who this role suits

• A leader who has successfully guided engineering teams in high-stakes trading technology environments.
• An individual with a strong track record of building complex trading infrastructure from initial concept to deployment.
• Someone who champions modern development practices and rigorous testing methodologies.
• A person who thrives on optimizing systems for low-latency performance and high throughput in a financial context.

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.