Tradeify

Chief Operating Officer

Tradeify

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Design and implement end-to-end operational infrastructure for a modern brokerage
  • Establish scalable processes across trade lifecycle, client onboarding, funding, and withdrawals
  • Ensure operational readiness for rapid growth across futures and crypto markets
  • Translate company vision into operational frameworks, KPIs, and execution plans
  • Build systems that support high-volume trading activity with speed and reliability
  • Identify bottlenecks and continuously optimize performance across all workflows
  • Partner with Compliance and Legal leadership to ensure all operations meet regulatory standards (CFTC, NFA, SEC where applicable)
  • Implement controls and processes that support a compliant, audit-ready organization
  • Oversee operational risk management and escalation frameworks
  • Build and scale a high-performance trader support function
  • Ensure fast, accurate resolution of client issues across global markets
  • Create systems for feedback loops between customers and product teams
  • Manage relationships with clearing firms, liquidity providers, data vendors, and technology partners
  • Ensure operational resilience across third-party dependencies
  • Negotiate and optimize vendor contracts to support growth and cost efficiency
  • Hire, develop, and lead high-performing operations teams across multiple functions
  • Establish a culture of accountability, speed, and execution
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Growth

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in operations leadership within brokerage, fintech, trading platforms, or financial services
  • Proven experience building and scaling operational infrastructure in a high-growth environment
  • Deep understanding of brokerage operations, including trade lifecycle, clearing, and client onboarding
  • Strong knowledge of regulatory environments (CFTC, NFA, SEC, or equivalent)
  • Experience managing vendor ecosystems including clearing firms and market data providers
  • Demonstrated ability to build teams and operational processes from the ground up
  • Highly analytical with strong systems-thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-accountability startup environment
  • Nice to Have
  • Experience operating within CFD and/or futures brokerage environments (highly relevant to our product and trader base)
  • Background in proprietary trading firms or high-frequency trading environments
  • Experience scaling global operations across multiple time zones
  • Familiarity with modern trading infrastructure, APIs, and real-time systems
Benefits
  • Build the operational foundation of a next-generation brokerage from the ground up
  • Work directly with executive leadership on a high-impact, high-visibility mandate
  • Be part of a fast-growing, performance-driven fintech company
  • Shape the future of how traders access and interact with financial markets
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
operational infrastructuretrade lifecycleclient onboardingregulatory complianceoperational risk managementvendor managementhigh-frequency tradingreal-time systemsscalable processessystems-thinking
Soft Skills
leadershipanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationteam buildingaccountabilityexecutioncollaborationnegotiationadaptability
Certifications
CFTCNFASEC