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Tech Lead - Credit MFT

Algo Capital Group
place Chicago, 60668
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Full Time

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Tech Lead - Credit MFT

A prestigious global hedge fund is seeking a Tech Lead to drive the design, build, and optimization of its next-generation systematic credit trading platform. This role sits at the intersection of technology and trading, focused on enabling mid-frequency credit strategies across global markets. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will lead a high-impact team in delivering scalable infrastructure and execution systems, collaborating closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and senior leadership.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the end-to-end architecture, development, and deployment of a systematic credit MFT platform, with focus on performance, scale, and reliability.
  • Act as the technical point of contact across trading, quant research, and infrastructure teams.
  • Provide hands-on leadership, contributing code and overseeing technical decisions on platform components including data ingestion, signal processing, execution, and monitoring.
  • Manage and grow a high-performing team, currently four engineers, with budget to hire additional headcount.
  • Oversee system integration across fixed income, CDS, indices, ETFs, and other credit instruments, while ensuring seamless alignment with trading objectives.
  • Build tools and infrastructure to support real-time signal generation, strategy testing, and performance attribution.


Qualifications & Experience:

  • Strong professional background in C++ and Python, with deep experience building robust trading systems for fixed income or credit markets.
  • Experience designing and deploying MFT (mid-frequency trading) infrastructure within a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or tier-1 investment bank.
  • Demonstrated success building from scratch: full system lifecycle ownership including architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment.
  • Familiarity with credit product microstructure, bond pricing, and execution algorithms.
  • Proven ability to collaborate with portfolio managers, traders, and researchers in fast-paced, real-time environments.
  • Solid academic background in a STEM discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Math, etc.).


What’s on Offer:

  • Leadership role with ownership of a critical buildout for one of the fund’s fastest-growing strategies.
  • Work closely with senior stakeholders including the CTO, CIO, and lead PMs.
  • Autonomy to define and deliver platform direction in a greenfield environment.
  • A strong engineering culture, low bureaucracy, and high visibility across the business.


If you are interested please apply now to learn more.