Rust Trading Engine Intern: Low-Latency Systems Remote

Blockhouse; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 22,320 - 44,640; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity and strategy PnL share upon full-time conversion

Direct mentorship from founders and senior quants

Cash compensation based on experience

Job summary

A technology-driven trading firm is seeking a Rust Developer Intern to enhance their trading systems. This role involves optimizing the Rust market-making engine, integrating new trading venues, and deploying services into GCP infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have solid Rust experience and a strong understanding of Linux/UNIX environments. The position offers a clear path to a full-time role for top performers, with a competitive compensation of $2,000–$4,000/month based on experience.

Qualifications

• Solid Rust experience with non-trivial projects.
• Comfortable in Linux/UNIX environments.
• Strong understanding of concurrency and performance tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Optimize the existing Rust market-making engine.
• Integrate new CEX and DEX venues.
• Build and improve the internal trader dashboard.
• Deploy services into GCP infrastructure.
• Debug live systems against trading logs.

Skills

Rust

Linux/UNIX

Concurrency and async

Debugging workflows

Tools

TypeScript

React

GCP

Python

Job description

A technology-driven trading firm is seeking a Rust Developer Intern to enhance their trading systems. This role involves optimizing the Rust market-making engine, integrating new trading venues, and deploying services into GCP infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have solid Rust experience and a strong understanding of Linux/UNIX environments. The position offers a clear path to a full-time role for top performers, with a competitive compensation of $2,000–$4,000/month based on experience.