Quant Dev - Rust & C++ for Low-Latency Trading

US Health Partners, LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Blockhouse in NYC is hiring a Quant Dev for trading systems, bridging research and live capital. You will translate research specs into production signals and help steer the path from concept to implementable features with the founders and quant team.

You will build and optimize low latency components in C++ and Rust, manage market data publishers, and ensure reliable exchange connectivity across crypto and traditional venues.

Qualifications

• Experience at a trading firm or building production trading systems.
• 2–5 years production experience in C++ and Rust with depth in at least one.
• Track record of shipping low-latency or performance-sensitive systems.
• Strong grasp of concurrency, async programming, networking and Linux performance trade-offs.
• Comfort with Python and Go for tooling and research integration.
• Ability to lead, own objectives and direct others.

Responsibilities

• Turn research specs into production signals, including basis and FX pairs, nowcast fits, index futures pricing and momentum.
• Build and optimize low latency components in C++ and Rust, from market data publishers and book feeds to the market making engine itself.
• Own exchange connectivity across crypto and traditional venues, covering order books, rate limit pacing, funding and borrow data, and order reconciliation.
• Debug and harden production systems, including memory profiling, reconnect and heartbeat logic, and crash investigation.
• Co lead our cloud infrastructure with an existing senior engineer.
• Lead the engineering team day to day through specs, code review across our repos and onboarding of junior engineers.

Skills

C++

Rust

Low latency

Leadership

Python

Go

Concurrency

Async programming

Job description

Blockhouse in NYC is hiring a Quant Dev for trading systems, bridging research and live capital. You will translate research specs into production signals and help steer the path from concept to implementable features with the founders and quant team.

You will build and optimize low latency components in C++ and Rust, manage market data publishers, and ensure reliable exchange connectivity across crypto and traditional venues.