Software Engineer, Backend Systems (NY)
Engineering · Posted 2 months ago
We are looking for a Software Engineer, Backend Systems with production Rust experience to join our team in New York. You will be instrumental in building the backend infrastructure behind our real-time trading platform. We are seeking a candidate with a strong command of asynchronous programming, systems knowledge, an...
- Way of working
- On site
- Location
- New York, NY
- Pay range
- $185,000 to $300,000
- Level
- Mid
- Experience
- 2 to 4 years
- Type
- Full time
- Visa sponsorship
- Not offered for this role
- The company
- under 20 people
Skills that matter here
The full description
We are looking for a Software Engineer, Backend Systems with production Rust experience to join our team in New York. You will be instrumental in building the backend infrastructure behind our real-time trading platform. We are seeking a candidate with a strong command of asynchronous programming, systems knowledge, and a performance-driven mindset who thrives in a high-bandwidth, collaborative in-person environment.
What will you be doing?
- Build and maintain risk and liquidation engines to manage risk and improve capital efficiency in volatile markets.
- Design and implement the blockchain state machines that power trading, settlement, and risk operations.
- Develop services that maintain consistent state across asynchronous processes using voting, consensus, and coordination mechanisms.
- Process live market data and coordinate actions across trading venues, managing WebSocket streams and time-sensitive workflows.
- Build high-performance REST and WebSocket APIs that power the trading interface with millisecond-level response times.
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