Crypto Trading Systems Engineer: Scale Arbitrage Platforms

Hedge Fund; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A quantitative trading firm in Los Angeles seeks a skilled Trading Systems Engineer to design and scale their automated trading strategies. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in trading systems, high-performance backend development, and familiarity with crypto market infrastructure. The role involves working directly with engineers and the founder to optimize and enhance trading platform capabilities. This position is well-suited for motivated individuals eager to contribute in a hands-on environment and build systems end-to-end.

Qualifications

• Experience with trading systems or automated trading infrastructure.
• Familiarity with crypto market infrastructure and blockchain internals.
• Knowledge of exchange integrations (CEX or DEX).
• Experience in building trading bots or arbitrage systems.
• Proficiency in high-performance backend systems.
• Real-time data ingestion and streaming expertise.
• Experience with distributed systems or performance-critical applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale core systems for the trading platform.
• Build and scale automated arbitrage strategies.
• Develop high-performance pricing and execution systems.
• Improve risk monitoring, portfolio management, and trading infrastructure.
• Design systems for data ingestion, streaming, and market monitoring.
• Build tooling for on-chain transaction execution and signing.

Skills

Trading systems or automated trading infrastructure

Crypto market infrastructure or blockchain internals

Exchange integrations (CEX or DEX)

Building trading bots or arbitrage systems

High‑performance backend systems

Real‑time data ingestion and streaming

Distributed systems or performance‑critical applications

Tools

Rust

Python

AWS (CDK infrastructure‑as‑code)

Job description

A quantitative trading firm in Los Angeles seeks a skilled Trading Systems Engineer to design and scale their automated trading strategies. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in trading systems, high-performance backend development, and familiarity with crypto market infrastructure. The role involves working directly with engineers and the founder to optimize and enhance trading platform capabilities. This position is well-suited for motivated individuals eager to contribute in a hands-on environment and build systems end-to-end.