DTG Finance & Capital Markets · 18 hours ago
Global Algo Trading Engineering Lead/CTO
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expDTG Finance & Capital Markets is a global, technology-first proprietary trading firm focused on building and operating automated trading systems. The role involves scaling and shaping the firm’s engineering organization and influencing the design, build, and delivery of trading systems across multiple markets and asset classes.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Define and evolve the technical architecture for trading platforms in partnership with engineering teams, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business priorities
Evaluate architectural trade-offs and present clear options, including cost, complexity, and delivery implications, to support sound decision-making
Establish objective performance and technical review processes to assess team effectiveness, identify constraints, and improve execution
Ensure engineering effort is focused on high-impact initiatives with measurable outcomes, avoiding unnecessary complexity or low-value work
Act as a bridge between business, trading, and engineering functions to translate requirements into actionable, well-scoped technical plans
Drive a culture of prioritization, pragmatic design, and continuous simplification across systems and processes
Qualification
Required
At least 5 years of experience in senior technical or engineering leadership roles within algorithmic trading or financial-markets environments, preferably on the buy side
Demonstrated ownership of system architecture and delivery for complex, production-grade platforms
Experience designing or overseeing end-to-end trading platforms, including components such as execution engines, connectivity, OMS/EMS, and market-data systems
A mindset focused on return on investment, efficiency, and outcome-driven development
Proven ability to manage technical performance and lead teams through data-driven evaluation
Strong communication skills and experience working closely with senior stakeholders in a distributed, remote-first environment
Broad exposure to multiple trading-platform architectures across asset classes or strategy types
Benefits
The chance to work in a globally distributed, technology-focused trading firm
Collaboration with highly experienced professionals from leading trading firms
Meaningful opportunities for professional growth and long-term ownership.
Fully remote work with flexible scheduling.
Competitive base salary and bonuses
Liberal terms
Company
DTG Finance & Capital Markets
DTG Finance and Capital Markets is a boutique recruitment firm focusing on Electronic Trading domain, especially Quantitative Trading (Research, Trading, Portfolio Management and related Technology/IT positions).
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase