Engineering Manager - Trading Systems

As an Engineering Manager at 39k Group, you will lead a team responsible for building and scaling high-performance systems across trading, data, and platform domains. This role blends technical depth with people leadership. You will guide architecture decisions, ensure strong execution, and support your teams" growth and impact. Working closely with stakeholders across engineering, quant, and product functions, you will translate business needs into resilient, scalable systems. **Key Responsibilities:** - 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. **Qualifications Required:** - 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. If you're an experienced engineer ready to lead teams, drive architecture, and build systems that move markets, this opportunity at 39k Group is for you.,