Head of Exchange Infrastructure

The role

You will own the product vision and roadmap for the exchange layer, including the matching engine, core infrastructure, third-party custody, algo engine, and API engine. You will lead a team of four to five product managers to consolidate multiple engines into a single exchange stack.

What you will do

• Own the product vision and roadmap for the exchange layer
• Lead and grow a team of four to five product managers
• Lead the consolidation of multiple matching engines into one
• Build interface-agnostic platforms
• Define success metrics like p99 latency, throughput, uptime, and resiliency
• Partner with engineering leaders to sequence migration without disrupting live markets
• Partner with Risk and Credit Infrastructure
• Anticipate industry shifts and shape the platform
• Align cross-functional teams around the exchange strategy

Required qualifications

• Senior product leader with experience in exchange, trading, or high-performance platforms
• Experience managing and developing product managers
• Ability to be a player-coach and write specs yourself
• Proven ability to set product vision and translate it into a long-term roadmap
• Strong understanding of matching engine and market data architecture and low latency tradeoffs
• Experience building platforms for internal customers
• Excellent communication skills
• A passion for crypto markets, market structure, and building the next generation of infrastructure

Nice to have

• Engineering background before moving into product
• Experience across both spot and derivatives venues
• Time at a crypto exchange operating at comparable scale, volume and uptime expectations
• Track record building platform roadmaps that interlock with adjacent product orgs

Before you apply

• Applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance or graduation
• We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments

About the company

Payward is the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks. Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions.