Senior Software Engineer – Trading Infrastructure

Description

• Design, implement, and operate scalable distributed systems in production. • Build low-latency and streaming systems for real-time and near real-time workloads. • Develop data pipelines and ETL workflows for ingesting, transforming, and serving data. • Build and maintain application services and APIs used by internal and external systems. • Implement Web3 protocol integrations, including smart contract interactions and on-chain data ingestion via RPCs, logs, and indexers. • Apply SRE principles to improve reliability, observability, and operational correctness. • Participate in incident response, debugging production issues and driving root-cause fixes. • Contribute to system design and code reviews, maintaining high engineering standards. • Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, and system understanding, while exercising strong engineering judgment. • Write and maintain technical documentation for systems and workflows.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience. • Strong proficiency in Python, Rust, and/or JavaScript/TypeScript. • Experience building low-latency or high-throughput systems. • Experience designing and operating scalable distributed systems. • Hands-on experience with Web3 systems, including interacting with smart contracts and consuming on-chain data. • Experience with streaming or messaging systems (e.g. Kafka, Pub/Sub). • Experience with data storage systems (e.g. Postgres, ClickHouse). • Experience deploying and operating software in cloud environments (e.g. GCP). • Familiarity with containerized systems (Docker, Kubernetes). • Understanding of SRE practices, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response. • Strong understanding of security fundamentals (authentication, authorization, secrets management).

Benefits

• Remote first - work from anywhere in the US & CAN! • Competitive packages with the added opportunity for incentive-based compensation • Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk • 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees • Laptop provided • $1,000 WFH stipend upon joining • $100 per month reimbursement for fitness-related expenses • Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data • Unlimited vacation policy • 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks • Fertility benefits

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