Director, API Platform Trading Solutions

#We Are Trade Station

Remote Position - must reside in Florida, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
North Carolina,
South Carolina, Utah or Virgina

Who We Are
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Trade Station is the home of those born to trade. As an online brokerage firm and trading ecosystem, we are focused on delivering the ultimate trading experience for active traders and institutions. We continuously push the boundaries of what's possible, encourage out-of-the-box thinking, and relentlessly search for like-minded innovators.

At Trade Station, we are building an AI-First culture. We expect team members to embrace AI as a core part of their daily workflow, whether that’s using AI to accelerate development, enhance decision-making, improve client outcomes, or streamline internal processes. We hire, grow, and promote people who can harness AI responsibly and creatively. We treat AI as a partner in problem-solving, not just a tool;

following our governance standards to ensure AI is used ethically, securely, and transparently. If you join us, you’re joining a culture where AI is how we work.

Are you ready to make yourself at home?

What We Are Looking For
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We are looking for a talented and experienced Director of Product Management to lead our Trading API product offering and serve as our resident API specialist. In this role, you will define and execute the vision for our API platform, driving adoption, innovation, and customer satisfaction for active traders and partners. You will be responsible for strategy, delivery, and growth of our API solutions, partnering with Sales and Business Development to expand market adoption.

The Director will need to execute organizing and delivering an industry-leading API trader offering. This role must excel at understanding customer needs and translating them into a modern, high-performance set of APIs that replace legacy systems and deliver industry-leading functionality for experienced active traders.

What You’ll Be Doing
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• Develop and implement product strategies that enhance the API trader's customer experience, increase engagement and retention, and drive business growth
• Conduct research to identify customer needs and pain points and develop strategies to maximize the trading experience and ensure industry-leading API functionality and performance
• Own the full product lifecycle for Trading APIs, from ideation and requirements gathering through launch, iteration, and sun setting
• Champion a developer-first approach, ensuring APIs are robust, well-documented, and easy to integrate for both internal and external clients
• Drive API platform modernization, leveraging AI and machine learning to optimize performance, automate operational tasks, and deliver intelligent trading features
• Define and prioritize the API roadmap based on customer feedback, competitive analysis, and business impact, balancing speed-to-market with long-term scalability
• Collaborate with engineering to establish and maintain best practices for API design, versioning, security, and reliability
• Establish and monitor SLAs, uptime, latency, and other technical KPIs for API endpoints, proactively addressing issues and driving continuous improvement
• Lead go-to-market strategy for new API features, including developer documentation, sample code, SDKs, and sandbox environments
• Foster a thriving developer ecosystem by engaging with external partners, fintechs, and active trader communities
• Integrate AI-powered analytics and personalization into API offerings to deliver differentiated client experiences and actionable insights
• Stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to the active trader segment, leveraging this knowledge to continuously improve products
• Communicate product vision, strategy, and progress to senior executives and stakeholders

The Skills You Bring
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• Strong experience in product management within financial services, with a focus on active traders and options trading
• Deep expertise in API product management, including API design, developer experience, documentation, and external partner integrations
• Proven ability to drive developer engagement and build thriving API ecosystems
• Experience with modern API technologies (REST, Web Socket, Graph
  
  QL, OAuth, OpenAPI/Swagger, FIX, GRPC)
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI and LLM tools to automate workflows, enhance data quality, and deliver intelligent trading solutions
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, microservices, and scalable API platforms
• Experience establishing and monitoring technical KPIs (uptime, latency, error rates) and driving continuous improvement
• Ability to synthesize complex technical and business requirements into actionable product strategies
• Experience working with external developer communities, fintech partners, and third-party integrations
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance for API-based trading platforms
• Excellent execution of product management…