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    Our client, a rapidly growing proprietary trading firm handling hundreds of millions of dollars in trading volume, is looking for an Executive Vice President of Technology to scale their near real-time trading platform. You’ll build an in-house tech team—US or global.

    Our Clients company is a fast-growing US-based proprietary trading firm generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue with a ~100-person internal and external tech team.

    This Role Includes:

    An Executive Vice President of Technology who is deeply involved in architecture, coding, and strategic execution, to drive the platform from its current capacity to a highly scalable, near real-time trading system.

    • Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the technical strategy to scale the global near real-time trading platform, ensuring high availability and low latency.
    • In-House Team Building: Recruit, expand and lead an in-house digital, AI and technology team (engineers, DevOps, QA, etc.), choosing the structure and location (US or global) to support scaling.
    • Platform Integration & Optimization: Partner with the leadership team to integrate, modernize and further enhance the security of our platform and tech landscape..
    • Architecture & Scalability:
      • Design a scalable, cloud-based architecture using AWS, GCP, or Azure.
      • Implement event-driven architecture with Kafka, AWS or other tools for real-time processing.
      • Optimize microservices architecture, ensuring modularity, security, and performance.
      • Define and enforce API design best practices for high-performance integrations.
      • Implement high-availability and fault-tolerant solutions with multi-region cloud deployments.
      • Leverage containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) to enhance system orchestration and resilience.
      • Drive serverless computing adoption for event-driven processing.
      • Optimize distributed caching strategies
      • Enforce real-time data processing
    • Performance Benchmarking: Stress-test the platform, establish SLAs, and implement monitoring for low-latency, high-throughput operations.
    • Investor Confidence: Articulate the technical strategy to stakeholders, supporting valuation and partnership goals.

    Qualifications:

    • Experience in High-Growth Tech Companies: Proven senior tech leadership in a high-growth company ($500M+ valuation) or Fortune 500 Financial services or Trading (preferred) company, scaling transaction volumes from thousands to tens of thousands per hour.
    • Trading Platform Expertise: Hands-on experience with trading platforms (preferably futures), strongly preferred, including risk management, order execution, and real-time data systems.
    • Scalable Architecture Strategy: Deep expertise in building high-performance, scalable architectures focused on high frequency transactions, high availability, and low latency.
    • Technical Proficiency:
      • Knowledge of C# (C Sharp)—our platform’s core language.
      • Advanced knowledge of code architecture for high-transaction systems and API integrations.
      • Experience with cloud architectures (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (e.g., Kubernetes).
    • API & Integration Strategy: Skilled in API design, third-party orchestration, and resolving integration bottlenecks.
    • Team Leadership: Track record of recruiting and leading technical teams (engineers, DevOps, etc.), with flexibility to build globally or in the US.
    • Language (Optional): Russian/Ukrainian fluency is a plus but not required
    • Approach: A leader who can dive into code, architecture, and strategy, not just delegate.

    The Dream Teammate Will Be:

    ✅ A strategic leader who can scale tech infrastructure efficiently.
    ✅ A proactive problem solver who thrives in a high-stakes, fast-paced environment.
    ✅ MASSIVELY organized, ensuring seamless team collaboration and project execution.
    ✅ A self-starter who can anticipate needs and provide solutions before challenges arise.
    ✅ Comfortable with video calls, messaging, and real-time collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders Globally
    ✅ Driven and adaptable, thriving in a startup-like culture while working with a high-revenue, fast-scaling firm.
    ✅ Language: fluent or working knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian is an asset

    Compensation: Competitive salary + performance-based incentives

    Location: Remote

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