VP,Engineering

MyFunded Futures•Irving, TX

About The Position

At My Funded Futures, we’re transforming the world of proprietary trading by giving traders the capital, tools, and community they need to succeed. We blend innovation, transparency, and performance to create opportunity — helping traders scale faster and smarter. If you’re passionate about fintech, financial markets, and data-driven growth, you’ll fit right in. Explore our open roles below and see how you can help us shape the future of funded trading. Vice President of Engineering Department: Engineering Reports To: Chief Product Officer (CPO) FLSA Status: Exempt Position Summary The Vice President of Engineering is a senior executive leader responsible for executing MFFU's engineering strategy through operational excellence, disciplined delivery, and team leadership. Reporting to the CPO and partnering closely with the CTO, this role translates technical vision into reliable execution while building scalable processes and a high-performing engineering organization. This role provides executive oversight across all engineering disciplines—including backend, frontend, platform, infrastructure, QA, developer support, and internal tooling—ensuring that engineering outcomes align with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and operational excellence. Initial focus (months 0-6) will be on Fintevo platform stabilization, CQG integration completion, IB/FCM regulatory readiness, and establishing engineering processes in close partnership with CPO. The VP of Engineering partners closely with Product, Trading, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Support to translate company strategy into technical execution plans and measurable outcomes. This leader is accountable for engineering effectiveness, platform resilience, and the development of a strong leadership bench across the organization.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles.
Proven experience scaling engineering organizations in SaaS, fintech, or trading environments.
Required: 3+ years experience in regulated financial services, trading platforms, or fintech with direct exposure to real-time trading systems, broker integrations, and financial regulatory compliance.
Strong understanding of backend systems, distributed architectures, cloud infrastructure, and high-availability platforms.
Demonstrated success partnering with Product, Trading, Risk, and Operations at an executive level.
Experience leading through growth, change, and increasing organizational complexity.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
Strong Python/Django backend development and architecture
React/TypeScript frontend experience
Real-time trading systems and WebSocket implementations for trading data
PostgreSQL database optimization at scale
Broker integrations and trading platform architecture (CQG, Tradovate, Rithmic)
Regulated financial services (NFA, CFTC) engineering experience required
AWS infrastructure and high-availability systems
Distributed systems and RESTful API architecture

Responsibilities

Executive Leadership & Organizational Development
Build, scale, and lead a multi-disciplinary engineering organization through senior engineering leaders and managers.
Establish clear organizational structure, leadership accountability, career progression frameworks, and performance management practices.
Attract, retain, and develop top engineering leadership talent through structured hiring, onboarding, coaching, and succession planning.
Own engineering hiring strategy and execution.
Build recruiting pipeline and interview processes to maintain quality bar during rapid growth.
Foster a culture of ownership, operational excellence, documentation, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.
Ensure engineering leaders are empowered to execute while maintaining consistent standards and alignment.
Engineering Strategy & Delivery Oversight
Own engineering outcomes across planning, delivery, quality, reliability, and long-term sustainability.
Set expectations for delivery discipline, forecasting accuracy, and execution consistency across teams.
Oversee prioritization, resourcing strategy, and capacity planning to support both near-term execution and long-term platform investments.
Ensure development standards, release governance, and quality benchmarks are consistently applied across the organization.
Drive continuous improvement in engineering efficiency through tooling strategy, process optimization, and leadership alignment.
Platform Reliability, Risk & Operational Excellence
Provide executive accountability for platform stability, performance, scalability, and operational readiness.
Ensure engineering leadership maintains strong incident management, escalation processes, and post-incident learning practices.
Partner with Infrastructure and Platform leaders to ensure systems are designed for resilience, security, and regulatory compliance.
Review systemic risks, operational trends, and reliability metrics to guide long-term technical investment decisions.
Champion preventative engineering practices that reduce operational risk and improve customer experience.
Technical Vision & Architecture Governance
Execute technical strategy and architectural standards defined by CTO.
Translate architectural vision into implementation plans and delivery roadmaps.
Provide feedback to CTO on technical feasibility, risks, and execution tradeoffs.
Ensure technology decisions balance scalability, performance, security, and time-to-market.
Support execution of major architectural initiatives and platform modernization efforts.
Cross-Functional Executive Partnership
Partner closely with Product, Trading, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Support to translate strategic objectives into engineering execution plans and delivery commitments.
Ensure engineering leadership provides transparency into risks, dependencies, and execution timelines.
Support Trading and Operations leadership by ensuring technical clarity, escalation paths, and post-event analysis processes are in place.
Data, Metrics & Accountability
Establish engineering KPIs that measure organizational health, delivery effectiveness, reliability, and platform performance.
Use data and trend analysis to guide investment decisions, organizational improvements, and risk mitigation.
Ensure leadership teams provide clear, accurate reporting on progress, risks, and long-term technical health.
Hold engineering leadership accountable for outcomes rather than activity.
Governance, Budgeting & Documentation
Manage engineering operations budget within CTO-approved parameters. Recommend infrastructure investments, vendor relationships, and tooling decisions to CTO.
Ensure strong governance around change management, release readiness, and audit requirements.
Champion documentation standards that support operational clarity, regulatory readiness, and organizational scalability.
Partner with Compliance and Operations to ensure engineering practices support auditability and regulatory obligations.