Full professional fluency in Mandarin is a mandatory requirement for this position.
The role is open to anyone currently based in, or happy to relocate to Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, or New York.
Company
A premier, technology-first investment manager with a multi-billion dollar AUM and a significant presence in major global financial hubs. Founded by a cohort of distinguished academics and technologists, the firm leverages a sophisticated proprietary research platform to deploy automated strategies. They operate with a "clean slate" engineering philosophy, prioritizing modern, high-performance systems over legacy maintenance to maintain a dominant edge in global electronic trading.
Role
We are seeking a visionary technical leader to take ownership of our global execution and connectivity ecosystem. In this role, you will define the blueprint for how our strategies interact with the world’s exchanges. You will lead an elite engineering unit tasked with building a unified, high-speed gateway for market access, standardizing how we ingest real-time liquidity and execute orders across diverse asset classes and geographies.
Requirements
- Deep experience architecting core execution components or feed handlers within a high-frequency or quantitative trading environment.
- Mastery of C++, with a focused expertise in low-latency optimization, hardware-level tuning, and efficient concurrency.
- Proven leadership record in managing specialized engineering teams and delivering mission-critical trading infrastructure.
- Intimate understanding of exchange protocols and the technical nuances of global market connectivity.
Why join?
- Architectural Autonomy: Full ownership of a global technical roadmap, building a unified framework from the ground up without legacy constraints.
- Premier Technical Culture: Work within a "clean-slate" environment alongside some of the brightest minds in quantitative finance.
- Mission-Critical Impact: Direct the evolution of the firm's core engine, where your work directly determines execution quality and competitive edge.
- Global Scope: Lead the technical expansion into new markets and asset classes across North America and the APAC region.
- Superior Incentives: Highly competitive compensation structure with significant performance-linked upside within a rapidly scaling fund.
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