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Salary: USD 185,000 - 230,000 / annual
Webull is a leading digital brokerage platform serving over 20 million users across 16 regions worldwide. The company is expanding its Futures Operations team and seeking a Director of Futures & Prediction Markets Clearing Operations to lead and scale the rapidly growing futures business.
In this role, you will lead the buildout of new Futures and Event Contracts products, functionality, and trading infrastructure. You will manage all aspects of functionality builds for new products and infrastructure, including requirements development, functional design, testing, implementation, production readiness, and ongoing operational support. You'll serve as the primary point of contact for supporting and managing the 24x7 trading infrastructure for Futures and Event Contracts, including system functionality, order routing, exchange and clearing connectivity, and operational escalations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead and manage the buildout of new Futures and Event Contracts products and trading infrastructure
- Manage all aspects of functionality builds, from requirements development through production readiness and operational support
- Serve as primary point of contact for trading infrastructure support, including order routing, exchange connectivity, and escalation management
- Monitor daily flow across the back office environment to ensure accurate processing and timely issue identification
- Identify and escalate all trading disruptions, issues, latency, or order execution alerts
- Lead morning team huddles to review order flow status and confirm trade fills are being received and processed correctly
- Oversee daily trading operations for both Futures and Kalshi markets, ensuring operational readiness and stability
- Monitor futures trade flow and perform trade inquiry research, investigation, and issue resolution
- Assist in configuring parameters and establishing liquidation thresholds for Futures Spreads
- Monitor account-level trading, client cash flows, and buying power calculations
- Monitor and address order routing issues across multiple markets (CME, NYMEX, COMEX, CBT, ICE US, CFE, ICE EU)
- Address client inquiries regarding account onboarding, margin calculations, liquidation policies, and key deliverable dates
- Review specific accounts to address issues related to position limits, concentration, and order size limits
- Coordinate with clearing firms, operations, and risk teams to resolve trade-related issues
- Be available for escalation and issue management outside normal business hours, including evenings and weekends
This role requires hands-on building experience with futures trading infrastructure, including self-clearing, trade routing builds, clearing integrations, exchange connectivity, back office functionality, and new product implementations.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years of front office and back office experience, preferably within a retail brokerage, Futures Commission Merchant, or similar trading environment
- Extensive experience with Futures, commodities, and related trading markets, including strong understanding of the full trade lifecycle, order routing, clearing, margin, and back office processing
- Demonstrated hands-on experience building Futures trading infrastructure (self-clearing, trade routing, clearing integrations, exchange connectivity, back office systems, or new product implementations)
- Active Series 3 License
- Background in managing client account futures, futures options, and margin risk (preferred)
- Risk background (preferred)
