Staff Back-End Engineer Trading Platform

Blockchain is the worlds leading software platform for digital assets. Founded in 2011 we provide the worlds largest and most trusted production blockchain platform powering more than 75 million wallets. Together with our platform of liquidity and services we share the passion to build an open accessible and fair financial future one piece of software at a time.

As a Staff BackEnd Engineer on our Cryptocurrency Trading Platform you will take on a leadership role in shaping the direction of our technology while working closely with the trading team and quantitative analysts (quants). You will collaborate with business stakeholders to design and implement systems that meet realtime trading demands improve market efficiency and support advanced trading strategies. Youll be a technical advocate for excellence and lead by example in fostering a culture of high standards agility and innovation within the team. The role is based in London and the team is international.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design and optimize lowlatency trading systems in Rust that power algorithmic trading strategies and support realtime in the volatile crypto market.
• Lead the design and implementation of trading algorithms optimizing liquidity management price discovery and slippage reduction in dynamic market conditions.
• Promote best practices in software engineering advocating for clean scalable and maintainable code to ensure that systems are built with both immediate performance and longterm sustainability in mind.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to quickly adapt the trading platform to new data market conditions and business needs.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders ensuring clear alignment between engineering business teams (trading quants) and leadership especially when discussing complex technical solutions or business goals.
• Ensure high availability reliability and scalability of trading systems while maintaining a sharp focus on performance and testing.
• Drive technical decisionmaking and contribute to highlevel architecture discussions ensuring that all solutions align with the companys goals for scalability performance and security.
• Be a technical advocate for excellence leading efforts to improve development processes code quality and overall system performance through best practices and knowledge sharing.
• Prioritize rapid iteration of trading algorithms to ensure maximum profitability minimal risk and fast adapting quickly to volatile market conditions.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Extensive experience in Rust and/or C building highperformance lowlatency systems in complex environments such as cryptocurrency trading or financial services.
• Leadership experience with a proven track record of leading by example advocating for technical excellence and mentoring engineers to help them grow their skills.
• Strong background in trading (ideally cryptocurrency trading)with experience in marketmaking arbitrage strategies and order in fastmoving markets.
• Proven experience iterating quickly on algorithmic strategies adapting to market dynamics and optimizing performance in realtime.
• You possess an innate curiosity and thrive on learning new technologies.
• Proficiency in Python for backtesting scripting and analysis along with SQL for managing largescale data systems.
• Strong focus on performance optimization identifying bottlenecks and improving throughput in highfrequency lowlatency realtime systems.
• Excellent problemsolving skills with the ability to think critically about complex challenges and drive technical solutions forward.
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and deploying scalable highperformance trading systems in cloud environments (AWS).

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Fulltime salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industryleading company
• Hybrid model working from home & our office in Central London (SoHo)
• Work from Anywhere Policy up to 20 days to work remotely
• ClassPass
• Budgets for learning & professional development
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
• Apple equipment
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding global technology company in an emerging field
• Flexible work culture

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