About the Role
About the Role
The Founding Engineer will take co-founder-level ownership of the technical vision and help build an on-chain institutional FX hedging platform from the ground up. This role requires expert-level Rust skills and experience in financial or trading infrastructure, ideally in a startup environment.
Key Requirements
- Expert-level Rust — MUST
- Strong experience in financial, trading, or core infrastructure
- Former Founder / CTO / Founding Engineer
- Experience building and shipping with AI agents / agentic orchestration
- Comfortable working in a highly ambitious, early-stage startup environment
- Willing to relocate to NYC
- Experience with DevOps is a strong plus
Ideal Background
- Derivatives margin & netting
- Trading infrastructure / HFT
- Clearing infrastructure
- DCO / DCM infrastructure
- Protocol security / smart contract security
- DeFi
- Kernel / Compiler / Operating Systems
- Physics engines
Strong Candidate Profiles
Examples include engineers who have worked on:
- Core financial infrastructure
- Trading systems and exchange infrastructure
- Derivatives and risk systems
- Clearing, settlement and market infrastructure
- High-performance Rust systems
- Protocol security and infrastructure
Must-have: Expert-level Rust experience + previous founder, CTO, or founding engineer experience.
Requirements
Expert-level Rust
This is a must-have skill for the role.
Financial Infrastructure Experience
Strong experience in financial, trading, or core infrastructure is required.
Startup Experience
Comfortable working in a highly ambitious, early-stage startup environment.
AI Agents Experience
Experience building and shipping with AI agents or agentic orchestration.
Nice to Have
Experience with DevOps is a strong plus.
Experience in protocol security or smart contract security is beneficial.