Keyrock
Engineering Lead- Options
Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.
Europe
Employer listed it 5 months ago · Added yesterday
Been open since 5 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Europe
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Software
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Remote flexibility
Region Restricted
Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in Europe.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "New York, Rome, Barcelona, Zug, Porto, Cape Town, Ontario, Eindhoven, Victoria, Geneva, New Jersey, Milan, Amsterdam, Manama, Madrid, London, Dubai, Copenhagen, Vienna, Prague, Athens, Budapest, Paris, Frankfurt, Dublin, Warsaw, Sofia, Luxembourg, Brussels, Remote, EMEA, Zurich, Abu Dhabi, Lisbon, United States of America, Tallinn, Florida, London OR Brussels, Rotterdam, Krakow, Johannesburg, Zagreb"
- Job description states: "based in European time zones or the US"
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About the role
Engineering Lead: Options
About Keyrock
Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation.
Today, we rock with over 200 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Madrid, Brussels, Singapore , New York and Paris, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight.
We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks as well as asset and wealth management. Keyrock is looking to expand and establish itself as a full-service capital markets and asset & wealth management financial institution through both organic innovation and inorganic growth.
But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We have been pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading systems, and champions of its use in the industry. We upgrade Web3 ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives.
At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it.
Mission statement We are looking for a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead with strong experience in systematic options trading to lead our Options Engineering team.
In this role, you will be responsible for leading the Options Engineering team, driving continuous improvement across the trading infrastructure, and supporting the evolution of our systematic options trading platform. This includes areas such as automated quoting, execution, risk controls, pricing workflows, and production reliability.
We are primarily looking for candidates based in European time zones or the US East Coast time zone .
We are looking for someone who can:
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
Required Experience
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
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
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How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Keyrock, mentioning your remote working experience.
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