Key Responsibilities:
1. **Programming Skills**:
- Demonstrate exceptional proficiency in programming languages such as C++ and/or Rust.
- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code for trading applications.
- Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure code quality and reliability.
2. **System Design and Architecture**:
- Develop and maintain a high-performance, low-latency trading system architecture.
- Design and implement scalable solutions to handle large volumes of crypto market data and execute orders with minimal latency.
- Optimize infrastructure to support high-frequency trading strategies.
3. **Working with Trading and Quant Research Teams**:
- Collaborate closely with the trading and quant research teams to understand their strategies and technology requirements.
- Translate trading strategies into technical requirements and solutions.
4. **Infrastructure and Execution Environment**:
- Oversee the design and deployment of server infrastructure for trading operations.
- Implement and manage execution strategies to optimize order routing and execution in crypto markets.
- Develop a strong backtesting platform for evaluating and refining trading strategies.
5. **Data Engineering**:
- Build and manage data pipelines to ingest, process, and analyze real-time market data.
- Implement data storage and retrieval solutions that enable efficient historical data analysis and backtesting of trading strategies.
- Work on data quality assurance and anomaly detection.
6. **Security Stack**:
- Develop and maintain robust security measures to protect our trading infrastructure and assets.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest security threats and implement best practices to safeguard against them.
- Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments.
7. **Team Leadership**:
- Build, lead and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Set clear objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs) for the team and ensure they are met.
- Create a high-performing team that excels in delivering complex projects.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Proven experience in high-frequency trading, preferably in the crypto markets.
- Strong expertise in system design, architecture, and low-latency trading systems.
- Solid understanding of network protocols and trading infrastructure.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
- Familiarity with cryptocurrency markets, exchanges, and trading APIs is a plus.
If you are a highly skilled and motivated individual with a passion for high-frequency trading in the crypto markets, we invite you to join our team and help shape the future of our firm's success.
To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are the ideal candidate for this role.
Bachelor’s Degree