VP of Engineering, Trade

About the company

Zero Hash provides regulatory-compliant APIs that let businesses integrate crypto, stablecoin and tokenization functionality into their products.

About this role

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. We believe the best engineering leaders are technologists first, with a product and business mindset, who seek outsized impact across the company. Responsibilities 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, order/execution infrastructure, market data, and FIX connectivity Partner directly with the CTO, SVP Engineering, product leadership, and zerohash's other VP(s) of Engineering to set org-wide technical standards, priorities, and engineering culture Represent engineering to company leadership and key partners/clients on matters related to trading technology Recruit, coach, and develop engineering managers and senior technical talent; build durable career paths for the team Partner with Compliance, Risk, and Legal to ensure trading systems meet the regulatory requirements relevant to zerohash's markets Drive build-vs-buy, technical debt, and architecture trade-off decisions at an organizational level Stay technically credible, engage deeply enough in system design and code-level decisions to earn the trust of senior engineers and maintain competency with the codebase and system architecture Requirements 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 Strong cross-functional partnership skills with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Legal Cloud computing experience, with AWS highly desirable BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience Strong bias toward serving your team and stakeholders, with a growth mindset Domain Knowledge Solid understanding of market structure, order types (Limit, Market, Stop, IOC, FOK), trade lifecycle, and common risks associated with electronic trading Familiarity with regulatory requirements relevant to trading systems (e.g., MiFID II, Reg NMS) Deep Understanding of Trading Systems 10+ years of hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining high-performance, low-latency trading systems (e.g., central limit order books (CLOBs), matching engines, market data feeds) Proven experience with FIX Protocol (4.2 and higher) and implementing highly reliable FIX Gateway solutions High-Throughput / Low-Latency Development Expertise in highly concurrent, multi-threaded, low-garbage/zero-garbage code in languages commonly used in finance such as C++, Rust, or Go Demonstrable experience optimizing system performance to achieve single-digit microsecond latency Core Financial Infrastructure Strong background building and managing mission-critical backend systems such as trade booking systems, high-throughput accounting/ledger systems, and real-time credit/risk limit systems Experience with distributed system design and messaging frameworks (e.g., Aeron, Kafka, ZeroMQ) for data distribution and persistence Benefits Healthcare Insurance: zerohash covers roughly 100% of employee premiums as well as a portion of spouse/children (U.S. only) Vision & Dental Insurance (U.S. only) Chance to earn equity Maternity & Paternity leave (after 6 months) WeWork All Access Membership WFH Yearly Stipend L&D Yearly Stipend (after 6 months) About zerohash zerohash is the leading crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform and the operating system for digital money, powering the next generation of financial services. Founded in 2017, zerohash enables banks, brokerages, fintechs, and payment companies to offer crypto trading, stablecoin payments, and tokenized assets without having to build or manage complex blockchain infrastructure on their own. The zerohash platform supports three core pillars: Trade, Transact, and Tokenize. Through a single integration, customers can launch regulated crypto buy, sell, and custody services; enable 24/7 stablecoin-based funding, payouts, and settlement; and issue and manage tokenized assets with built-in compliance, risk controls, and reporting. By abstracting away technical, regulatory, and operational complexity, zerohash allows partners to treat digital assets as just another financial primitive: fast, programmable, and global. zerohash is trusted by some of the world’s most recognized financial and consumer brands, including Interactive Brokers, Morgan Stanley, Stripe, Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, DraftKings, Gusto, Worldpay, Kalshi, One Pay, among others. Today, zerohash infrastructure supports millions of end users across brokerage, wealth, payments, and marketplace platforms globally. The company is deeply regulated and compliance-first, operating across the U.S. and internationally with licenses and approvals that allow partners to enter crypto and stablecoins with confidence. zerohash has beco