Monaco Trading - Founding Engineer (DeFi)

deCircle; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge trading platform is looking for a Founding Engineer to help architect and maintain their systems. The role requires 6+ years of experience in building trading infrastructures and a strong expertise in Rust, with a preference for Typescript knowledge. You'll work alongside founders to deliver a best-in-class trading experience, enhancing existing products and creating new features. This is a unique opportunity to contribute significantly to a high-performance trading network.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in a highly technical trading infrastructure/engineering role.
• Experience building a central exchange is preferred.
• Deep understanding of low-level architecture.

Responsibilities

• Propose and implement key design choices for trading systems.
• Enhance matching and risk engines.
• Review and improve code produced by the team.
• Optimizing batch settlement processes and system reliability.

Skills

Rust

Typescript

Low latency systems

High throughput systems

Technical infrastructure experience

Tools

Rust

Typescript

Job description

About Monaco

Sub-millisecond execution. Institutional depth. Zero compromise. Built by Wall Street veterans and crypto-native builders, Monaco powers spot, perps, and prediction markets on a unified liquidity engine—purpose-built for performance and spanning across asset classes. Different interfaces for different traders, all connected to the same rich liquidity. This isn't just another exchange; it's a next-generation global trading network.

The Role

We are looking for an individual to join as a Founding Engineer, with experience in developing trading platforms/exchanges, who will help architect, build and maintain our systems. You will be trusted with making important design decisions with substantial autonomy, working directly with the founders to deliver a best-in-class trading experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Proposing and implementing key design choices, including but not limited to:
• Enhancing matching + risk engines for existing product suite
• Internal accounting and risk management
• Optimistic proof generation for batch settlement of trades
• New features and products to complement the suite
• Rigorously reviewing and improving code that has been produced and will be produced

Who you are

• 6+ years experience in a highly technical trading infrastructure / engineering role (preference for someone who’s actually built a central exchange before)
• Experienced in Rust, bonus if experienced in Typescript
• Deep understanding of low-level architecture (understanding of hardware optimization would be a bonus)
• Strong expertise in low latency, high throughput distributed systems
• You value strong opinions loosely held