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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 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. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks. But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We are pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives. At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it.
Mission
We are seeking a highly skilled Product Manager to oversee our High-Frequency Trading (HFT) product vertical. This role focuses 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 will translate complex quantitative needs into a clear, actionable roadmap that directly impacts our P&L and market share, acting as the crucial link between elite trading teams and world-class engineers.
Keyrock Product Managers develop valuable and viable systems (and implicit services) that consider the voices of:
* Business & Commercial teams
* Trading & Research teams
* Engineering builders
The position requires a versatile skill set across these competencies, enabling candidates to tackle research responsibilities with confidence.
Outcomes
* 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 their underlying infrastructure.
* Commercial Impact & Strategy: Shape product activities with a focus on commercial impact, contributing to P&L, market share, and capital efficiency targets.
* Continuous Product Innovation: Lead the discovery, design, and development of trading enhancements and risk monitoring tools.
* Strategic Roadmapping & Communication: Develop, own, and communicate the product roadmap, aligning traders, engineers, and business stakeholders.
* System Resilience & Validation: Oversee stress-testing and integration into back-testing frameworks to validate performance and robustness.
* Regulatory & Compliance Alignment: Define and integrate compliance requirements into the roadmap.
* Market & Vendor Intelligence: Manage data provider and exchange relationships and monitor the competitive landscape.
* Stakeholder Nexus: Act as the central communication hub between traders, quants, engineers, and other stakeholders.
Essentials
* Low-Latency Systems Experience: Practical experience with low-latency or high-frequency trading systems.
* Quantitative Acumen: Strong quantitative and analytical skills for financial models and trading strategies.
* Technical Proficiency: Deep technical understanding of components of a modern electronic trading system.
* Trading & Risk Management Exposure: Understanding of financial trading principles and risk management in a high-stakes environment.
* Proven Product Execution: History of translating complex needs into clear engineering requirements.
Beneficial experience
* Understanding of market microstructure in crypto markets.
* Passion for digital assets and crypto trading.
* Experience with agile product management and delivery optimization.
* Background in software development or infrastructure engineering for real-time systems.
* Familiarity with regulatory compliance for financial markets.
* Fintech experience, especially with derivatives markets.
Our recruitment philosophy
We value self-awareness in our recruitment process. We seek people who understand themselves and their career goals. We want those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.
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 benefits depending on engagement type (employee or freelancer).
* Autonomy in time management with flexible hours and remote work options.
* Opportunity to create an entrepreneurial experience as part of a team pursuing excellence.
As an employer we are committed to building an inclusive, diverse and non-discriminating work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, creeds and sexual orientations. 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, which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Product Management and Marketing
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