Product Manager, High Frequency Trading
Location: Remote, local to regional Keyrock hub locations
About Keyrock
Since our beginnings in 2017, we have grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. Today, we partner with more than 180 team members around the world, representing 42 nationalities from self‑taught DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels, and Singapore and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight. We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well‑established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Our services span market making, options trading, high‑frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks. We are pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for algorithmic trading and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program, inject liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols, and push the industry's progress with research and governance initiatives. At Keyrock, we’re actively building the future of digital assets.
Mission Statement
We are seeking a highly skilled Product Manager to oversee our High‑Frequency Trading (HFT) product vertical. This role is critical to our success, focusing on the discovery, design, and delivery of trading systems where every microsecond counts. You will be responsible for driving the product strategy for our HFT systems, ensuring sub‑millisecond latency and near‑perfect uptime while balancing aggressive performance goals with robust risk management and regulatory compliance. You will act as the crucial link between our elite trading teams and our world‑class engineers, translating complex quantitative needs into a clear, actionable roadmap that directly impacts our P&L and market share.
Key Responsibilities
* Low‑Latency System Leadership: Drive the focus, design, and continuous improvement of HFT systems, ensuring sub‑millisecond latency for critical trading operations.
* High‑Availability Operations: Achieve and maintain 99.99% uptime for all critical trading systems and underlying infrastructure.
* Commercial Impact & Strategy: Shape and drive product activities with a relentless focus on commercial impact, directly contributing to P&L, market share, and capital efficiency targets.
* Continuous Product Innovation: Lead the discovery, design, and development of ongoing trading enhancements and risk monitoring tools.
* Strategic Roadmapping & Communication: Own and clearly communicate the product roadmap, ensuring alignment between traders, engineering, and business stakeholders.
* System Resilience & Validation: Oversee rigorous stress‑testing and integration into back‑testing frameworks to validate performance and robustness.
* Regulatory & Compliance Alignment: Define and integrate compliance and regulatory requirements into the product roadmap.
* Market & Vendor Intelligence: Manage relationships with data providers and exchanges, and scan the competitive landscape for strategic threats and opportunities.
* Stakeholder Nexus: Act as the central communication hub between traders, quants, engineers, and other business stakeholders, maintaining focus on delivering impact and value.
Essential Qualifications
* Demonstrable experience in low‑latency or high‑frequency trading system product management or development.
* Strong quantitative and analytical skills, able to understand and discuss complex financial models and trading strategies.
* Deep technical understanding of a modern electronic trading system, from market data ingestion to order execution.
* Solid understanding of financial trading principles and sophisticated risk management practices.
* Proven track record of translating complex business and quantitative needs into clear, actionable technology requirements for engineering teams.
Beneficial Experience
* Deep understanding of market microstructure, especially within crypto markets.
* Passion for digital assets and crypto trading.
li>Experience with modern, agile product management methodologies focused on measuring and optimizing delivery efficiency.
* Background in software development or infrastructure engineering, particularly in real‑time or high‑performance systems.
* Familiarity with the regulatory compliance landscape for financial markets.
* Previous experience in the fintech sector, especially with derivatives markets.
Benefits
* Be at the forefront of innovation in digital assets and AI.
* Work on challenging problems with a direct impact on the business.
* Competitive salary package with various benefits depending on the method of engagement (employee or freelancer).
* Autonomy through flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely.
* Freedom to create an entrepreneurial experience within a team that values excellence.
As employer, we are committed to building an inclusive, diverse and non‑discriminating work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, creed and sexual orientation. We hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.
Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees. Passing these checks is a prerequisite to joining Keyrock.
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