Job Description
A well-funded for the next 3 years of growth, Series A startup backed by the top VCs and advisors (Dragonfly Capital, Electric Capital, Jump crypto, Wintermute, Galaxy Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, and others), is looking for passionate Senior Software Engineers to join their team ASAP.
The company’s flagship product is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, built from the ground up with first principles. The team comes from Airbnb, Facebook, NASA, Amazon, Bain, and other top companies.
The mission is to build the most seamless decentralized trading experience, and to allow traders to access products previously impossible in DeFi. We are looking for talented individuals to join our fast paced team to help us on this mission!
You will have an opportunity to build state-of-the-art technology that will disrupt the future of trading.
If you are excited about working on the most cutting edge problems in DeFi that will have a massive impact on the industry as a whole, this is the role for you. You will make a big business impact, realize creative ideas, and build an amazing culture driven by intellectual curiosity and collaborative spirit.
This role is remote friendly. Physical locations within Miami or Seattle are preferred due to co-location opportunities with our team members, but they are not a requirement.
Responsibilities
- Write low latency financial software that will process billions of dollars a day worth of trading volume, including order book matching engines, trading engines, and REST & Websocket APIs
- Build high performance REST & WebSocket APIs to power our frontend app, expose access to programmatic traders and interface with our partner institutions
- Write open source TypeScript & Python clients that allow users to interact directly with our on-chain smart contracts
- Design and implement various backend systems to improve company’s core exchange product. This will span areas like database design, optimizing backend uptime and latency to handle high QPS, data warehousing and more.
- Lead backend development for new exchange features like intelligent order routing or the introduction of novel asset types.
- Assist with Maker/Taker integrations
- Work together with multi-functional teams to develop the best overall product
- Working closely with the CTO and VP of Engineering on upcoming initiatives.
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience of relevant software engineering experience, ideally working on the backend for complex distributed systems
- You write secure, efficient, high quality code and have a strong understanding of CS fundamentals
- Strong mastery of the common backend development languages like Go, Rust, Java, Python, etc.
- You have experience with or are open to learning JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Express, WebSockets
- You are a fast learner who can quickly master new technologies
- A BS in CS or related field from a top CS program
- Strong communication skills – written and verbal
Pluses
- Experience working on high quality products in the finance or security space
- Strong interest in decentralized finance
- Experience with AWS
- Live in or willing to relocate to Miami, FL