Head of 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

24×7 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

, 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)

Subject : “CTO – Kolkata”

Optional : Include a 1-page

90-day plan

for stabilizing production & SDLC.