Engineering Manager (Institutional Trading, Crypto)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Institutional Trading, Crypto): Lead a team of back-end engineers to deliver internal crypto Order Management System, algorithmic trading strategies, and analytics platforms with an accent on people leadership, project delivery, and technical strategy. Focus on defining engineering roadmaps for core trading systems, driving architecture reviews in Rust/Python, and improving operational processes for high-availability markets.

Location: Based in London office with mandatory in-office presence four days per week. Work from anywhere up to 20 days per year.

Company

Most trusted and fastest-growing global crypto company helping millions safely access cryptocurrency since 2011.

What you will do

• Manage, coach, and grow a team of back-end engineers, including performance reviews, career development, and recruiting.
• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of cross-functional projects across trading, quant, and product teams, owning roadmaps and stakeholder communication.
• Partner with quants and traders to define engineering roadmaps for OMS, algorithmic trading, and analytics; drive architecture reviews and best practices.
• Improve team processes, on-call practices, incident response, and adopt AI coding assistants to boost productivity.

Requirements

• Proven EM or Tech Lead experience delivering complex projects in trading or performance-critical domains.
• History of hiring, mentoring, and scaling high-performing back-end teams.
• Deep expertise in low-latency systems; proficiency in Rust or C++, Python for architecture.
• Strong understanding of crypto markets, trading systems (OMS, connectivity, risk), and P&L balance.
• Excellent stakeholder management to align engineering, trading, and leadership.
• Proficiency with SQL, large-scale data, cloud (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS).

Nice to have

• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants like Claude.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time salary based on experience plus meaningful equity.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Apple equipment, ClassPass, flexible work culture.
• Opportunity to build career at rapidly expanding global crypto technology company.