Job Description
OUR CLIENT
A high-frequency trading firm active across both centralized and decentralized digital asset markets. By combining low-latency engineering, rigorous research, and deep market knowledge, they design and scale infrastructure that powers high-performance algorithmic trading. With traders, quants, and engineers working side by side, the firm is expanding its systems team to strengthen the backbone of its global trading operations.
ROLE MISSION
To architect, build, and optimize the core trading infrastructure that underpins the firm’s CeFi and DeFi strategies. This role bridges engineering and trading, ensuring ultra-low-latency execution, seamless connectivity across global markets, and scalable systems that can adapt to the rapidly evolving digital asset landscape.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and develop ultra-low-latency, high-throughput trading systems for diverse algorithmic strategies.
- Build and maintain robust connectivity with both centralized exchanges and blockchain protocols.
- Develop and optimize system components for trade execution, order management, and real-time market data.
- Profile, tune, and improve architecture to achieve ultra-fast execution and high reliability.
- Partner with quantitative traders to translate trading concepts into scalable production systems.
- Contribute to flexible architectures that support increasing trading volumes and evolving CeFi + DeFi market structures.
- Ensure operational stability and uptime in latency-sensitive environments.
IDEAL TALENT
- 8+ years of experience building and maintaining low-latency trading systems.
- Strong knowledge of cryptocurrency markets, blockchain fundamentals, and on-chain transaction mechanics.
- Proficiency in Rust, TypeScript, and Python (C++ a plus).
- Experience integrating with exchange APIs, smart contracts, and blockchain networks.
- Skilled in performance tuning, monitoring, and debugging at the system level.
- Proactive self-starter with strong problem-solving ability in high-pressure environments.
- (Preferred) Background in HFT or automated trading infrastructure, with a strong interest in both CeFi and DeFi ecosystems.
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