The Role
Lead the transformation to AI-native engineering and operations in a high-stakes trading environment. Own the AI roadmap, re-engineer legacy architectures and human-led workflows, build real-time low-latency AI systems, and oversee full-stack engineering. Lead a global team of AI engineers and systems architects while driving self-healing systems, automated code generation, and high-performance platform evolution.
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The Mission
Deriv is seeking a Head of Engineering who is a "Builder-First" leader. You are someone who started in the trenches of full-stack development and scaled to the executive suite by out-engineering the status quo.
We are not looking for a "maintenance" leader. We need a Transformer. You are someone who has looked at traditional monolithic or microservice architectures, identified the bottlenecks of human-led processes, and pivoted entire organizations toward AI-first architectures—where AI isn't just a feature, but the core engine of decision-making and system optimization.
What Sets This Role Apart
- Architectural Sovereignty: You will have the mandate to challenge our current stack. If a legacy process slows us down; you have the authority to re-engineer it using AI.
- AI Roadmap Ownership: You won't just "implement" AI; you will redefine our operations and how we manage our business with it.
- Global Elite Leadership: You will lead a "special forces" team of global AI engineers, setting a culture of high-density talent where the best ideas win, regardless of hierarchy.
Your Challenges at Deriv
- The AI-Native Migration: Pivot the organization from "Traditional Tech" (manual CI/CD, static rule engines) to AI-Native Operations featuring self-healing systems and automated code generation.
- Real-Time Non-Deterministic Systems: Build and lead AI systems that handle complex, non-deterministic tasks in real-time within a high-stakes trading environment.
- The "Fast AI" Paradox: Master the art of integrating heavy models and tools without sacrificing speed, ensuring AI never comes at the cost of high-latency performance.
- Full-Stack Precision Sovereignty: Oversee the entire lifecycle, from backend memory management precision to the fluidity of high-performance frontend interfaces.
- Radical Process Re-Engineering: Transform workflows by identifying human-led bottlenecks and replacing them with AI-driven optimization.
- Orchestrating Brilliance: Manage and provide vision for world-class AI engineers and system architects who are specialists in their niches
Your Toolkit (Preferred)
- Core: Deep experience in C++, Rust, Go, or Python (high-performance contexts).
- AI/ML: Expertise in LLM fine-tuning, RAG pipelines, Vector databases (Milvus/Pinecone), and MLOps.
- Systems: Expertise in Kubernetes, distributed systems, and kernel-level optimizations for low-latency data streaming.
Why Deriv?
We operate at the edge of what is possible in fintech. We are a debt-free, profitable, and fast-moving organization that treats engineering as our primary product.
Skills Required
- Deep experience with C++, Rust, Go, or Python in high-performance contexts
- Expertise in LLM fine-tuning
- Expertise in retrieval-augmented generation pipelines
- Experience with vector databases such as Milvus or Pinecone
- Expertise in MLOps
- Expertise in Kubernetes and distributed systems
- Experience with kernel-level optimizations for low-latency data streaming
- Experience leading AI engineers and systems architects
- Full-stack engineering experience spanning backend systems and high-performance frontend interfaces
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The Company
What We Do
Deriv is a regulated online brokerage group that connects millions of customers in more than 150 countries to global financial markets. It offers contracts for difference (CFDs) and other derivatives covering forex, stocks and indices, cryptocurrencies, commodities, and Derived Indices. The company also provides online trading platforms and tools, including mobile trading, TradingView, Deriv MT5, cTrader, Deriv Trader, and Deriv Bot.
