Senior Backend Engineer, Rust - Realtime Trading Platform

Abacus Group, LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Abacus Group, LLC invites applications for a Backend Engineer to join a well-funded crypto trading startup building a real-time trading platform. You will own risk and liquidation engines, ensure capital efficiency, and implement high-performance services across multiple venues from a single portfolio-margined account.

The role requires strong backend experience in Rust, C++, or Go, with a preference for Rust.

Qualifications

• Strong backend experience in Rust, C++, or Go.
• Production Rust experience is a plus.
• Experience with asynchronous programming and distributed systems is valued.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain risk and liquidation engines to manage exposure and capital efficiency in volatile markets.
• Design blockchain state machines powering trading, settlement, and risk operations.
• Develop services to keep state consistent across asynchronous processes and across trading venues over WebSocket streams.
• Build high-performance REST and WebSocket APIs with millisecond-level response times.

Skills

Rust

C++

Go

Tools

Docker

Job description

Abacus Group, LLC invites applications for a Backend Engineer to join a well-funded crypto trading startup building a real-time trading platform. You will own risk and liquidation engines, ensure capital efficiency, and implement high-performance services across multiple venues from a single portfolio-margined account.

The role requires strong backend experience in Rust, C++, or Go, with a preference for Rust.