Sr Backend Engineer - Trading Systems

HRB; Canada; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a fast-moving, crypto-native firm as a Backend Engineer, Trading Systems. In this role, you'll architect and build components for a world-class trading system, ensuring resilience and stability through quality practices. This is an incredible opportunity to work with a high-impact team and develop your skills in Rust, while making a significant impact in a dynamic environment. If you thrive in less structured settings and are passionate about the crypto space, this role offers the chance to drive results with autonomy and contribute to innovative projects.

Qualifications

• 2-8 years of software engineering experience, preferably in Rust, C++, or Go.
• Experience with quality processes and building scalable applications.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build the next phase of a world-class trading system.
• Contribute to system architecture and ensure code quality.

Skills

Rust

C++

Go

Multi-threading

Streaming Data

Concurrency

Distributed Systems

Microservices

Quality Engineering Practices

Job description

TheOpportunity

As a Backend Engineer, Trading Systems on our engineering team, you will play a critical role in building, supporting, and maintaining the systems and tools to support our proprietary trading system. This includes designing scalable components and solving complex design problems, serving as an integral partner to our trading team. The ideal candidate has a strong background in deploying quality engineering practices within lean agile development teams to build top-tier tools and products.

This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced and resourceful developer to make a significant impact on the bottom line of a fast-moving, crypto-native firm. You will work with a high-impact team, develop your skills in Rust, and contribute to complex system development.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and build the next phase of a world-class trading system.
• Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, testing, and validation.
• Contribute to system architecture and interface design.
• Take full ownership of multiple components, including design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Be an active member of a lean agile development team.
• Apply and advocate for quality engineering practices.

About you

• You thrive in less structured environments and excel at driving results with autonomy.
• You are excited by both starting new projects and maintaining or optimizing existing ones.
• You are resourceful and adept at balancing speed with quality.

Preferred experience

• 2-8 years of full-time software engineering, preferably as a systems programmer in Rust, C++, or Go. Bonus for Rust experience or interest in learning it.
• Experience with quality processes, verification, and validation beyond testing.
• Experience building scalable, performant, production applications with regular releases, including:
• Performance-sensitive engineering (multi-threading, streaming data, concurrency)
• Distributed systems and microservices
• Experience with trading systems and enthusiasm for the crypto space is a strong plus.

Our Team & Culture

We are an interdisciplinary team of investors, builders, and creators committed to achieving more together. We offer the opportunity to help build the future of the global economic system with a team that values exploration, experimentation, and play, alongside a drive to succeed. We invest in our people by providing autonomy, accountability, and honest feedback. Our distributed team values in-person collaboration, hosting two retreats per year and encouraging additional in-person meetings.

Principles that drive our team & work

• Compete to win
• Explore, experiment, play
• Always be building
• Seek and speak truth
• Own your shit