Trading Engineering Lead — US Base

ABFinance is a US-based company building the future of digital finance. Our vision is to create a seamless financial ecosystem where digital assets, traditional finance, and everyday money management come together in one platform. We are building a compliant, security-first infrastructure serving both retail and institutional users — including a crypto exchange, debit card, and yield-generating financial products. About the Role We are looking for a Trading Engineering Lead to own and scale our trading systems. This role focuses on building low-latency, high-reliability trading infrastructure, including order management, execution, pricing, and risk control systems. You will lead both technical architecture and team execution, working closely with product, quant, risk, and compliance teams in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment. Key Responsibilities Lead architecture and delivery of trading systems (OMS, execution, pricing, risk) Define technical roadmap balancing performance, scalability, and delivery Translate business and quantitative requirements into engineering solutions Ensure system reliability, incident response, and continuous improvement Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Product teams on system design and rollout Build and mentor a high-performing trading engineering team Requirements 10+ years of software engineering experience 5+ years in trading systems / financial infrastructure / exchange environments 3+ years of team leadership experience Strong hands-on backend experience (C++, Java, or Go) Deep understanding of trading systems: order lifecycle, execution, risk, margin, PnL Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architecture (e.g. Kafka, gRPC) Strong ownership in high-performance, high-reliability environments Ability to work across engineering, product, and compliance teams Fluent in both English and Mandarin (required) Based in the United States (New York is strongly preferred) Preferred Qualifications Experience in crypto / exchange / digital asset trading systems Familiarity with FIX protocol, exchange connectivity, or market microstructure Experience with low-latency or high-frequency systems Experience building systems from 0→1 in startup environments