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

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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.