• Design, build, and scale decentralized matching engine, risk system, and limit order book for blockchain protocol using CosmosSDK along with its surrounding backend systems
• Provide technical guidance and leadership in navigating tradeoffs (architecture, timeline, etc.)
• Ensure best practices within the engineering team through guidance on architecture, code reviews, performance, testing, efficiency, and other engineering excellence improvements
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, researchers and product managers to turn requirements into products and lead the execution end-to-end

Mentor and develop junior engineers

• 8+ years experience working as a backend software engineer
• Experience with trading system development at a mid/high frequency firm writing code to communicate with exchanges (i.e. order entry and low latency feed handlers)
• And/or experience working on exchange infrastructure, dealing with low latency order intake, risk checks, and matching
• Strong experience in a systems programming language and network programming knowledge
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and software architectures, excellent coding skills, strong CS fundamentals, and strong debugging capabilities

Fast learner who can quickly master new technologies

• Salary range for this role is $230K to $305K USD (NY)
• Compensation subject to experience and location

Published salary bands pursuant to transparency laws, and do not include possible variable compensation such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentive