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

Nice-to-Have

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.