Nevaeh Technology - Head - Technology/CTO - Financial Markets

Location : Kolkata.

Nevaeh Technology Pvt Ltd, a pioneering High-Frequency Trading (HFT) platform with a 15-year legacy, serving domestic and international clients, is seeking a Head of Technology / CTO with vision, technical depth, and execution excellence.

Own reliability, quality, and delivery for trading technology across multiple financial exchanges.

Build a high-output engineering culture, and strengthen SDLC, production operations, and data integrity.

Responsibilities:

- Production reliability: SRE/on-call readiness, incident management, disaster recovery & BCP.

- SDLC & quality: Code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, change control, and audit evidence.

- Platform ownership: Market data - order management/routing - pre-trade risk - post-trade clearing, reconciliation, and reporting.

- Quant & Algo tech: Partner with research to drive algorithmic trading and backtesting capabilities.

- Data platform: Contracts, lineage, reconciliations, SLAs, governance, and security.

- People & leadership: Hire and coach technical leads and seniors; manage vendors, budgets, and partner with trading, research, and compliance.

Must-Have:

- 10-15+ years in financial markets technology, with 5+ years managing team.

- Proven ownership of 247 mission-critical systems with defined SLOs and audit requirements (SOC2 / ISO / SOX or equivalent).

- Strong grounding in SDLC, change management, observability, incident response, and stakeholder communication.

Nice-to-Have.

- Experience with OMS/EMS, FIX, risk systems, reconciliations, and full trade lifecycle.

- Working familiarity with C++ or Python (emphasis on leadership, reliability, and delivery).

Expected Deliverables:

Short Term:

- Define SLOs, establish on-call process, implement CI/CD with test gates, reduce Sev-1 incidents by 30%.

Medium Term:

- Daily deploys on core services, MTTR < 15 minutes, audited change management.

Long Term:

- Predictable quarterly releases, zero-surprise audits, and on-time new exchange integrations.

Level & Compensation: We calibrate title, scope, and compensation to the candidate's impact and track record.

We're flexible on cash vs. equity/phantom structure, can support relocation/buyouts, and pay top-of-market for exceptional talent.

We're happy to discuss expectations confidentially early in the process.

Work Setup.

Location: Kolkata HQ (Sector V).