About the Role
About This Role
We are looking for a Software Engineer, Backend Systems with production Rust experience to join our team in San Francisco. 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.
Experience
2–4 years of experience as a backend software engineer with in-depth Rust experience.
Compensation
Salary: $185,000–$300,000 based on qualifications and experience
Equity: Competitive equity
Location & Work Arrangement
Full-time position, 5 days in-office in San Francisco, CA
Tech Stack
Rust, Tokio, Distributed Systems, Blockchain, REST APIs, WebSocket APIs, Docker
About the Company
We are building a unified front-end trading application designed to simplify the fragmented experience retail crypto traders currently face across multiple interfaces, venues, and browser-extension wallets.
What We're Building
The platform uses blockchain infrastructure under the hood. Users will post collateral on our systems, and we will extend USDC collateral on venues of their choice.
Why This Sector
Perpetual swaps are the largest sector by revenue in crypto. Perpetual swaps allow retail traders to speculate on asset prices using linear products and leverage.
Requirements
Rust programming
Strong production experience with Rust is essential for this role.
Asynchronous programming
Experience with asynchronous programming is necessary for developing high-performance systems.
Backend development
2-4 years of experience as a backend software engineer is required.
Blockchain knowledge
Familiarity with blockchain technology and its applications in trading is important.
Nice to Have
Experience with distributed systems can enhance your contributions to the team.
Knowledge of WebSocket APIs is beneficial for managing real-time data streams.
Benefits
Competitive salary
Salary ranges from $185,000 to $300,000 based on qualifications.
Equity
Employees receive competitive equity as part of their compensation.