Head of U.S. Derivatives Trading Technology

United States (US). Posted 2 months ago

The role

This leader will design and deliver the technology stack connecting customers to a regulated US derivatives market. You will lead the selection of clearing, OMS, and market-access providers while managing the US trading-technology team.

What you will do

Design the end-to-end US derivatives trading architecture.
Lead the selection of the clearing FCM, OMS and market-access providers.
Decide between vendor-provided, direct-exchange and hybrid connectivity.
Define the long-term build-versus-buy roadmap.
Lead internal and vendor integrations across OMS, margin, liquidation, funding, UI, and KYC.
Lead exchange connectivity, certification and production readiness.
Define pre-trade risk, kill-switch, drop-copy and reconciliation requirements.
Establish 24/7 monitoring, incident response and disaster recovery.
Own vendor technical diligence, contracts, SLAs and delivery.
Recruit and lead the US trading-technology team.

Required qualifications

10+ years in electronic trading or capital-markets technology.
Deep knowledge of listed derivatives and US futures market structure.
Experience with OMS, FIX, exchange connectivity, market data and pre-trade risk.
Understanding of the complete execution, clearing and settlement lifecycle.
Track record delivering mission-critical trading platforms.
Ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into technical architecture.
Strong leadership across engineering, product, risk, compliance and operations.

Nice to have

Prior experience working at an FCM
Futures execution technology at a bank or FCM
An exchange or clearinghouse
An OMS or market-access technology provider
A futures-native brokerage or regulated digital-asset platform

Benefits

Competitive total compensation package
L&D programs and education subsidy
Various team building programs and company events
Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants

About the company

OKX is a leading crypto exchange and the developer of OKX Wallet. It provides access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications to millions of users and large institutions.