Software Engineer, Backend Systems ($185K - $300K + Competitive equity) High-Performance Trading Platform

About the Job

This role is being recruited by CoffeeSpace on behalf of an anonymous fintech company building backend infrastructure for a real-time trading platform.

We’re identifying a small number of exceptional software engineers from our network. If there’s a strong fit, we’ll introduce you directly to the team.

Location: New York, NY / on-site

Compensation: $185k - $300k base + competitive equity

Employment type: Full-time

About the Company

This company builds the backend infrastructure for a high-performance real-time trading platform. They process live market data and coordinate complex trading venues at scale. The company operates in the fintech, finance, and crypto industries, and has secured over $15M in funding. The team is currently around 10 people.

About the Role

You will be instrumental in building the backend infrastructure behind the company's real-time trading platform. This role requires production Rust experience and a strong command of asynchronous programming and systems knowledge. You will thrive in a high-bandwidth, collaborative in-person environment.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain risk and liquidation engines to manage risk and improve capital efficiency in volatile markets.
• Design and implement 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.

Why This Role Is Compelling

• Work on cutting-edge blockchain execution environments and distributed systems.
• Tackle high-throughput event streams in a fast-paced market.
• Collaborate in a dynamic, in-person environment in New York.

The Ideal Candidate

• 2 - 4 years of experience in backend systems engineering.
• Proficiency in Rust, Tokio, and distributed systems.
• Experience with blockchain, REST APIs, and WebSocket APIs.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, high-bandwidth environment.

Next Steps

Apply via this LinkedIn job post. We’ll review and reach out if there’s a strong match. If aligned, we’ll introduce you directly to the team. If this role isn’t the right fit, we may suggest and make introductions to other high-signal startup roles we’re recruiting for, always with your permission.

A Quick Note on Authenticity

This is a real, active role that CoffeeSpace is recruiting for in close partnership with the hiring team. We don’t post speculative roles and work directly with teams on their actual hiring needs.