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VP of Engineering, Trade

Zero Hash · Chicago, IL · Remote

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About Zero Hash

zerohash provides API-first technology and turnkey regulatory infrastructure to launch and scale compliant crypto and stablecoin products quickly and securely.

About the role

zerohash is hiring a VP of Engineering to lead our Trade organization, the team responsible for the trading technology that powers execution, liquidity, and market access across our platform. As zerohash scales, we're looking for a leader with deep, hands-on trading systems expertise, a proven track record building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations, and the presence to represent trade engineering at the leadership table.

What they're looking for

  • 15+ years of software design and development experience, with deep hands-on background in backend and distributed systems
  • 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing managers and senior/principal/staff engineers
  • Proven track record building and scaling engineering organizations (30+ engineers) at a high-growth fintech, trading firm, exchange, or crypto company
  • Experience owning multi-team technical strategy and roadmap at a VP, Director, or Head of Engineering level
  • Prior exposure to fast-growth startups and comfort operating with ambiguity
  • Exceptional executive communication skills
More about this role

zerohash is hiring a VP of Engineering to lead our Trade organization, the team responsible for the trading technology that powers execution, liquidity, and market access across our platform. As zerohash scales, we're looking for a leader with deep, hands-on trading systems expertise, a proven track record building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations, and the presence to represent trade engineering at the leadership table. We believe the best engineering leaders are technologists first, with a product and business mindset, who seek outsized impact across the company.

Candidates must be located within a 1-hour driving radius of one of our main office hubs (Chicago, NYC, UK/Amsterdam for EMEA).

  • Own the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for zerohash's trade organization, and align it with company strategy and the roadmaps of the transact, tokenize, and core teams
  • Build, lead, and scale a multi-team organization — hiring, developing, and retaining engineering managers, principal/staff engineers, and individual contributors as the team grows
  • Act as the executive owner of trading systems reliability, performance, and risk, including matching engines,...

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