Rockbund
HFT Trader / Strategist Lead
Senior
Rockbund
Founded in 2019, Rock Bund Capital is a proprietary trading firm deeply committed to shaping the future of the cryptocurrency industry. We have an average daily trading volume reaching $1 billion and peak daily trading volume of $9 billion USD. We process over 15 million transactions daily, trading more than 1,000 symbols across major CEx and DEx.
Our team combines expertise in traditional finance, quantitative research, and advanced engineering with a deep understanding of blockchain technology. This unique blend enables us to excel in trading across complex crypto markets, including both CeFi and DeFi, while providing capital and strategic guidance to projects that drive innovation and foster sustainable growth in the crypto industry.
We are looking for a Technical Business Development Manager to help build Rock Bund Capital’s Asia trading infrastructure from the ground up.
This person will work directly with brokers, exchanges, prime brokers, market-data vendors, traders, and engineering teams to establish the market-access, connectivity, data, clearing, control, and operating workflows required for systematic trading across China and broader Asia markets.
China is the first priority, including A-shares, Stock Connect, and commodity futures, with Korea, Taiwan, and India on the roadmap as the platform expands. This is a 0-to-1 build with high visibility across the firm: you will help source and evaluate counterparties, drive onboarding and commercial discussions, translate trading requirements into technical deliverables, coordinate go-live readiness, and ensure the setup is robust enough for live capital.
This is not a coordination-only role. We expect this person to own the market-access and trading-infrastructure buildout end to end: identifying the right brokers and access routes, understanding the implications of Stock Connect, QFII / RQFII, and relevant securities borrowing and lending workflows, driving connectivity and market-data setup, and working with traders and engineering teams until the flow is production-ready.
The ideal candidate combines strong external relationship-management capability with hands-on understanding of trading infrastructure. You know how brokers, exchanges, market-data vendors, clearing partners, and internal trading / engineering teams interact, and you can turn a market-access idea into a production-ready trading flow.
Lead the 0-to-1 buildout of Rock Bund Capital’s Asia trading infrastructure, with China as the initial priority and Korea, Taiwan, and India as future expansion markets.
Source, evaluate, onboard, and manage external counterparties, including brokers, execution channels, exchanges, prime brokers, clearing partners, market-data vendors, and infrastructure providers.
Drive commercial and operational discussions with counterparties, including market access, connectivity options, commission / fee schedules, market-data terms, financing / borrow capabilities, onboarding timelines, service-level expectations, and escalation paths.
Own the China market-access setup across A-shares, Stock Connect, and commodity futures, coordinating with brokers, exchanges, legal, compliance, traders, and internal technology teams.
Assess market-access routes and understand the practical implications of Stock Connect, QFII / RQFII, and other relevant access structures, including account setup, trading rules, settlement, reporting, operational constraints, and control requirements.
Work with traders and strategists to understand trading requirements, then translate them into concrete workflows, system requirements, acceptance criteria, UAT plans, and go-live checklists for engineering and operations teams.
Partner with engineering teams on trading connectivity and infrastructure requirements, including FIX / API workflows, order routing, drop copy, market-data feeds, OMS / EMS integration, gateway testing, and production support expectations.
Coordinate market-data and infrastructure setup, including exchange feeds, vendor data, entitlements, licensing, connectivity, proximity hosting, and co-location where relevant.
Establish pre-trade, at-trade, and post-trade operating controls, including exchange rule checks, trading limits, kill-switch procedures, reconciliation workflows, incident escalation, and production runbooks.
Understand securities borrowing and lending requirements where relevant, including borrow availability, locates, short-selling eligibility, borrow cost, recall risk, and how borrow constraints affect systematic trading strategies.
Own go-live readiness across internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that the trading flow is operationally sound, technically validated, and properly controlled before it touches live capital.
Act as the key point of contact when issues arise across brokers, exchanges, vendors, traders, and internal engineering teams.
Help prioritize market expansion across Asia based on trading demand, broker readiness, infrastructure complexity, capital efficiency, and operational risk.
Experience from a top-tier brokerage firm, prime broker, exchange, market-data / trading-infrastructure provider, or buy-side execution / trading operations team.
Hands-on experience building or operating China / Asia market-access infrastructure for institutional trading, including broker onboarding, trading connectivity, market-data setup, account / clearing / settlement workflows, and production support.
Strong practical understanding of institutional access routes into China markets, including Stock Connect and/or QFII / RQFII, with the ability to identify operational, settlement, reporting, and trading-rule implications.
Proven ability to source, evaluate, onboard, and manage external trading counterparties, including brokers, prime brokers, exchanges, market-data vendors, and infrastructure providers.
Strong understanding of how brokers, exchanges, market-data vendors, clearing partners, traders, and engineering teams interact in a live trading environment.
Familiarity with China or broader Asia market structure, including equities, Stock Connect, commodity futures, exchange rules, market-data setup, and trading controls.
Ability to translate trader and strategist requirements into concrete technical, operational, and control requirements for engineering and operations teams.
Familiarity with securities borrowing and lending workflows, including borrow availability, locates, short-selling eligibility, borrow cost, recall risk, and how borrow constraints affect systematic trading strategies.
Strong project and program-management discipline, with the ability to manage timelines, dependencies, RAID logs, UAT, go-live readiness, and cross-functional sign-offs.
Strong commercial and relationship-management capability; able to negotiate, escalate, follow up, and hold external counterparties accountable.
Self-driven with strong ownership, comfortable building a new capability from scratch in a high-stakes trading environment.
Fluency in English & Mandarin Chinese to communicate effectively with colleagues across different locations.
Direct experience with A-shares, Stock Connect, QFII / RQFII, or China commodity futures.
Direct experience with onshore broker / custodian workflows, cross-border account structures, clearing, settlement, or regulatory reporting requirements.
Familiarity with Korea, Taiwan, or India market access, including KRX / KOSPI, KRX derivatives, TWSE / TAIFEX, NSE / BSE, or FPI setup.
Experience with FIX / API connectivity, drop copy, OMS / EMS workflows, exchange-gateway conformance testing, or market-data feed integration.
Experience negotiating or operating under ISDA, give-up, clearing, connectivity, or market-data agreements.
Knowledge of securities borrow inventory management, SBL, refinancing, availability, locate workflows, and short-selling constraints.
Hands-on experience with pre-trade, at-trade, and post-trade control frameworks, exchange-level risk limits, kill switches, and production runbooks.
Experience building runbooks, go-live readiness processes, RAID logs, or production escalation frameworks from scratch.
Experience in a systematic trading, quant trading, electronic trading, or low-latency trading environment where infrastructure quality directly impacts PnL.
A strong academic background.
Competitive remuneration package and a m eritocratic culture where accomplishments are rewarded
Fast paced and result-oriented with a flat structure
Teams collaborate in a casual working environment
Excellent exposure to the digital asset ecosystem and the latest market insight
Great career development opportunities
Disclaimer We do not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, or any other information identifying potential candidates, shared with any employee of Rock Bund Capital or its affiliates by any method without a standing signed supplier agreement will be deemed free to contact without restrictions, and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Rock Bund Capital or any of its affiliates.
Qualifications: Technical business development, Asia trading infrastructure buildout, Stakeholder management (brokers, exchanges, prime brokers, market-data vendors, traders, engineering teams), Market access, Connectivity, Data management, Clearing, Trading controls, Operating workflows, Systematic trading, China market knowledge, Asia market knowledge, China market (A-shares, Stock Connect, commodity futures), Korea market (roadmap), Taiwan market (roadmap), India market (roadmap), Greenfield project experience, Counterparty sourcing, Counterparty evaluation, Onboarding management, Commercial discussions, Requirement translation (trading to technical), Go-live readiness, End-to-end buildout ownership, Broker identification, Access route identification, Stock Connect implications, QFII/RQFII implications, Securities borrowing and lending, Connectivity setup, Market-data setup, Trader collaboration, Engineering collaboration, Production readiness, Relationship management (external), Trading infrastructure understanding (hands-on), Brokerage firm experience, Prime broker experience, Exchange experience, Market-data provider experience, Trading-infrastructure provider experience, Buy-side execution experience, Trading operations experience, China/Asia market-access infrastructure (build/operate), Broker onboarding, Trading connectivity, Market-data setup, Account workflows, Clearing workflows, Settlement workflows, Production support, China institutional access routes, Stock Connect, QFII/RQFII, Counterparty management, Capital market ecosystem understanding, China/Asia market structure, Equities, Commodity futures, Exchange rules, Trading controls, Requirement translation, Project management, Program management, Commercial negotiation, Escalation management, Counterparty accountability, Self-driven, Ownership, Greenfield development, High-stakes trading environment, English fluency, Mandarin Chinese fluency, A-shares experience (plus), Stock Connect experience (plus), QFII/RQFII experience (plus), China commodity futures experience (plus), Onshore broker workflows (plus), Custodian workflows (plus), Cross-border account structures (plus), Clearing (plus), Settlement (plus), Regulatory reporting (plus), Korea market access (plus), Taiwan market access (plus), India market access (plus), FIX/API connectivity (plus), OMS/EMS workflows (plus), Exchange-gateway testing (plus), Market-data feed integration (plus), ISDA agreements (plus), Clearing agreements (plus), Connectivity agreements (plus), Market-data agreements (plus), Securities borrow management (plus), Short-selling constraints (plus), Trading control frameworks (plus), Risk limits (plus), Production runbooks (plus), Runbook building (plus), RAID logs (plus), Escalation frameworks (plus), Systematic trading environment (plus), Quant trading environment (plus), Electronic trading environment (plus), Low-latency trading environment (plus), Strong academic background (plus)