Software Engineer, Backend Systems (Rust)

Location: San Francisco, CA Work Model: On-site, 5 days/week Experience: 2-4 years Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

The employer is building next-generation trading infrastructure that brings together perpetuals, cross-chain spot, and prediction markets into a unified portfolio-margin experience. We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer with strong production Rust experience to build high-performance systems powering real-time crypto trading. You will work closely with the CTO and senior backend engineers on risk engines, liquidation systems, blockchain state machines, real-time market data, and low-latency APIs.

What You'll Work On

• Build and maintain risk and liquidation engines for capital-efficient trading.
• Design and implement blockchain state machines for trading, settlement, and risk operations.
• Build services that maintain consistent state across asynchronous processes using coordination, voting, and consensus mechanisms.
• Process real-time market data and coordinate time-sensitive actions across trading venues.
• Develop high-performance REST and WebSocket APIs with millisecond-level response times.
• Work on systems designed for high throughput, reliability, and low latency.
• Collaborate closely with a small, senior engineering team in a fast-paced, in-person environment.

Must-Have Skills

• 2-4 years of backend software engineering experience
• Strong production experience with Rust
• Hands-on experience with Rust asynchronous programming, particularly Tokio
• Experience building real-time, high-throughput backend systems
• Experience working with multiple database types, including:
  • Relational databases
  • Time-series databases
  • Key-value stores
• Strong understanding of backend/system design and performance optimization
• Genuine and demonstrable interest in trading or financial markets

Strongly Preferred

• Experience in FinTech, trading, crypto, blockchain, or financial infrastructure
• Experience with low-latency systems, trading systems, HFT, or high-performance infrastructure
• Strong understanding of WebSockets and real-time systems
• Startup or VC-backed company experience
• Strong GitHub profile demonstrating meaningful systems/Rust projects
• Personal projects in Rust or C, particularly around trading or high-performance systems
• Passion for crypto/Web3 and financial markets

Software Engineer, Backend Systems (Rust)

Location: San Francisco, CA Work Model: On-site, 5 days/week Experience: 2-4 years Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

The employer is building next-generation trading infrastructure that brings together perpetuals, cross-chain spot, and prediction markets into a unified portfolio-margin experience. We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer with strong production Rust experience to build high-performance systems powering real-time crypto trading. You will work closely with the CTO and senior backend engineers on risk engines, liquidation systems, blockchain state machines, real-time market data, and low-latency APIs.

What You'll Work On

• Build and maintain risk and liquidation engines for capital-efficient trading.
• Design and implement blockchain state machines for trading, settlement, and risk operations.
• Build services that maintain consistent state across asynchronous processes using coordination, voting, and consensus mechanisms.
• Process real-time market data and coordinate time-sensitive actions across trading venues.
• Develop high-performance REST and WebSocket APIs with millisecond-level response times.
• Work on systems designed for high throughput, reliability, and low latency.
• Collaborate closely with a small, senior engineering team in a fast-paced, in-person environment.

Must-Have Skills

• 2-4 years of backend software engineering experience
• Strong production experience with Rust
• Hands-on experience with Rust asynchronous programming, particularly Tokio
• Experience building real-time, high-throughput backend systems
• Experience working with multiple database types, including:
  • Relational databases
  • Time-series databases
  • Key-value stores
• Strong understanding of backend/system design and performance optimization
• Genuine and demonstrable interest in trading or financial markets

Strongly Preferred

• Experience in FinTech, trading, crypto, blockchain, or financial infrastructure
• Experience with low-latency systems, trading systems, HFT, or high-performance infrastructure
• Strong understanding of WebSockets and real-time systems
• Startup or VC-backed company experience
• Strong GitHub profile demonstrating meaningful systems/Rust projects
• Personal projects in Rust or C, particularly around trading or high-performance systems
• Passion for crypto/Web3 and financial markets