Product Manager, High Frequency Trading

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Location: Remote, local to regional Keyrock hub locations.

About Keyrock

Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change‑maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. Today, we partner with over 180 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from self‑taught De
Fi natives to Ph
Ds. 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. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high‑frequency trading, OTC, and De
Fi trading desks. But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator and pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for algorithmic trading, championing its use in the industry. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising De
Fi, RWA, and NFT protocols, and push the industry's progress with our 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 drive 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 act as the crucial link between our elite trading teams and world‑class engineers, translating complex quantitative needs into a clear, actionable roadmap that directly impacts our P&L and market share.

• Low‑Latency System Leadership: Drive design and continuous improvement of HFT systems, achieving and maintaining sub‑millisecond latency for critical trading operations.
• High‑Availability Operations: Ensure 99. 99% uptime for all critical trading systems and their underlying infrastructure.
• Commercial Impact & Strategy: Shape product activities with a relentless focus on commercial impact, directly contributing to P&L, market share, and capital efficiency targets.
• Continuous Product Innovation: Lead discovery, design, and development of ongoing trading enhancements and risk monitoring tools.
• Strategic Roadmapping & Communication: Develop, own, and clearly communicate the product roadmap, ensuring tight alignment between traders, engineering, and business stakeholders.
• System Resilience & Validation: Oversee rigorous stress‑testing of trading systems and ensure seamless integration into back‑testing frameworks.
• Regulatory & Compliance Alignment: Define and integrate compliance and regulatory requirements into the product roadmap.
• Market & Vendor Intelligence: Manage key relationships with data providers and exchanges, scanning the competitive landscape.
• Stakeholder Nexus: Act as the central communication and management hub, ensuring focus on delivering impact and value.

Essentials

• Low‑Latency Systems Experience: Demonstrated exposure to product management or development of low‑latency or high‑frequency trading systems.
• Quantitative Acumen: Strong quantitative and analytical skills to understand complex financial models and trading strategies.
• Technical Proficiency: Deep technical understanding of a modern electronic trading system, from market data ingestion to order execution.
• Trading & Risk Management Exposure: Understanding of financial trading principles and sophisticated risk management practices.
• Proven Product Execution: Track record of translating complex business and quantitative needs into clear, actionable technology requirements.

Beneficial Experience

• Deep understanding of market microstructure, particularly within crypto markets.
• Passion for digital assets and crypto trading.
• Experience with agile product management methodologies focused on delivery efficiency.
• Background in software development or infrastructure engineering with real‑time or high‑performance systems.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance landscape for financial markets.
• Previous experience in the fintech sector, particularly with derivatives markets.

Why Keyrock?

• Be at the forefront of innovation in digital assets and AI.
• Work on challenging problems with direct business impact.
• A competitive salary package with various benefits depending on engagement type.
• Autonomy in time management thanks to flexible working hours and remote opportunity.
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience within a high‑performing team.

As an 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, and 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 which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Product Management and Marketing