Quant Developer – Rust & C++ for Low-Latency Trading

Blockhouse; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Direct impact on PnL

Close work with founders

Live trading environment

Job summary

Blockhouse is hiring a Quant Developer for trading systems in NYC, building production signals from research specs and shipping low‑latency components in C++ and Rust. You’ll work directly with the founders and our quant researchers, stepping up quickly to own objectives, write specs, and guide the team.

This in‑person or hybrid role offers remote‑within‑US time zones and a front‑line chance to influence live markets.

Qualifications

• Experience at a trading firm or building trading systems at a professional level.
• 2–5 years production experience in C++ and Rust with depth in at least one and fluency in the other.
• Track record of shipping low-latency or performance-sensitive trading systems.
• Strong grasp of concurrency, async programming, networking and Linux performance tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Turn research specs into production signals (basis, FX pairs, nowcast fits).
• Build and optimize low-latency components in C++ and Rust.
• Own exchange connectivity across crypto and traditional venues (order books, funding data).
• Debug and harden production systems (memory profiling, heartbeat, crash investigation).
• Co-lead cloud infrastructure with a senior engineer.
• Lead the engineering team day-to-day through specs, code reviews, onboarding.

Skills

C++

Rust

Low latency

Concurrency

Linux

Python

Go

Leadership

Job description

Blockhouse is hiring a Quant Developer for trading systems in NYC, building production signals from research specs and shipping low‑latency components in C++ and Rust. You’ll work directly with the founders and our quant researchers, stepping up quickly to own objectives, write specs, and guide the team.

This in‑person or hybrid role offers remote‑within‑US time zones and a front‑line chance to influence live markets.