Head of U.S. Derivatives Trading Technology

OKX

About The Position

We are seeking a senior trading-technology leader to design and deliver the technology stack connecting customers to a regulated US derivatives market. The ideal candidate will have built an FCM operation from the ground up or led the technology function at a leading FCM or service provider for FCMs and broker-dealers. They will bring deep knowledge of the vendor landscape and a strong track record of making strategic technology, operational, and build-versus-buy decisions. You will report to the OKX Core Trading Product Management leadership with a dotted line to the CEO and COO of the local entity. The essential profile is someone who can make architecture and vendor decisions — Not someone hired merely to implement a vendor choice already made.

Requirements

10–15+ years in electronic trading or capital-markets technology.
Deep knowledge of listed derivatives and US futures market structure.
Experience with OMS, FIX, exchange connectivity, market data and pre-trade risk.
Prior experience working at an FCM is required.
Understanding of the complete execution, clearing and settlement lifecycle.
Track record delivering mission-critical trading platforms.
Ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into technical architecture.
Strong leadership across engineering, product, risk, compliance and operations.

Nice To Haves

Futures execution technology at a bank or FCM.
An exchange or clearinghouse.
An OMS or market-access technology provider.
A futures-native brokerage or regulated digital-asset platform.

Responsibilities

Design the end-to-end US derivatives trading architecture.
Lead the selection of the clearing FCM, OMS and market-access providers.
Decide between vendor-provided, direct-exchange and hybrid connectivity.
Define the long-term build-versus-buy roadmap.
Lead internal and vendor integrations across OMS, margin, liquidation, funding, UI, and KYC.
Lead exchange connectivity, certification and production readiness.
Define pre-trade risk, kill-switch, drop-copy and reconciliation requirements.
Establish 24/7 monitoring, incident response and disaster recovery.
Own vendor technical diligence, contracts, SLAs and delivery.
Recruit and lead the US trading-technology team.
Define the target architecture and systems of record.
Select the DCM connectivity model, clearing FCM and technology providers.
Deliver exchange certification and production readiness.
Establish reconciliation, risk controls and 24/7 support.
Produce a roadmap for increasing internal ownership of the stack.