Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager - I

Location: Gurgaon

About Us

39k Group is India’s largest crypto trading firm, running high-frequency strategies across centralized and OTC venues globally. We combine deep market knowledge with low-latency infrastructure to provide continuous liquidity in digital assets — 24/7, around the world.

Role Overview

Engineering Manager I

What You’ll Do

• Own architectural and technical direction for systems across trading, data, and platform teams
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team working with technologies like Rust, C++, Python, Node.js, and React
• Review and guide the design and implementation of trading engines, data pipelines, and distributed services
• Drive a high-performance engineering culture with a focus on clarity, accountability, and code quality
• Partner with quant and trading leads to build systems that are fast, reliable, and scalable
• Oversee aspects of infrastructure and operations, including deployments, observability, and system reliability
• Mentor and grow engineers, balancing speed, technical excellence, and long-term maintainability

Who Are You

Must Have

• 10+ years of experience building complex systems, ideally in a trading, HFT, or infrastructure-heavy environment.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, performance optimization, and system design.
• Hands-on experience with multiple layers of the stack — networking, messaging, compute, and UI.
• Strong engineering fundamentals and technical judgment — comfortable reading and reviewing production-grade Rust, C++, and Python.
• Prior leadership experience managing cross-functional engineering teams with full delivery ownership.
• Bias for action, product-minded thinking, and zero tolerance for technical debt without purpose.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience in trading systems, HFT environments, or infrastructure-heavy domains
• Proficiency with languages like Rust, C++, Python, or Node.js
• Exposure to frontend technologies like React
• Familiarity with observability tools, CI/CD pipelines, and operational best practices
• Background in fast-paced or high-growth engineering teams

Why Join Us?

• Run technology for a profitable, fast-moving trading firm with zero bureaucracy.
• Own architecture that runs real-time trading strategies across global venues.
• Work with traders, quants, and infra leads in a deeply collaborative setup.
• Hybrid setup with a culture of trust, performance, and long-term ownership.

If you're an experienced engineer ready to lead teams, drive architecture, and build systems that move markets — we’d love to connect.