C++ Engineer - Options Trading

Overview

Keyrock City Of London, England, United Kingdom

We are looking for a Rust OR C++ Engineer with extensive (HFT) Trading Systems experience to join our team. Our technology is based on Rust (backend), TypeScript (UI), and Python (data). The ideal candidate must be willing to learn and become an expert in RUST, if not already proficient. We are open to candidates from C++/C backgrounds as well. You will be joining our small but rapidly growing Options Business Unit’s fully remote engineering team, building out and improving our low latency options trading system. We are looking for candidates in either Asian or European time-zones.

We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks. We’re actively building the future of digital assets and supporting growth through our Accelerator Program, liquidity injection into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols, and ongoing research and governance initiatives.

Mission statement

We are looking for a Rust OR C++ Engineer with extensive (HFT) Trading Systems experience, to join our team. You will have the opportunity to solve interesting business problems with a high impact on our bottom line.

Responsibilities

• Join our small but rapidly growing Options Business Unit’s fully remote engineering team, building out and improving our low latency options trading system.
• Own the process from gathering initial requirements through deployment.
• Collaborate in a globally remote async team, focusing on scalable systems architecture and simple, extendable APIs.
• Apply an operational mindset with understanding of infrastructure and deployments.

Background And Experience

• 5+ years experience in expert low latency and/or data heavy (trading) systems or similar.
• Very strong experience with either Rust and/or C/C++.
• Willingness to become an expert in Rust (if not already).
• Experience with unit and integration testing, or equivalent functional testing approaches.
• Options Trading knowledge or a keen interest is considered essential.
• Previous experience with exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is valuable.
• Experience with PostgreSQL databases and protobuf-based protocols, or similar technologies, is considered essential.

Competences and personality

• Problem solving and pragmatic approach to system design and implementation.
• Entrepreneurial, “big picture” architectural thinking, with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with a team player mindset collaborating within a fully remote global team.

Our recruitment philosophy

We value self-awareness in our recruitment process. We seek people who understand themselves and their career goals. We’re after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A (crypto) trading enthusiast, driven, collaborative, and delivers solid, scalable outcomes, by using an engineer’s biggest weapon: simplicity.

Recruitment process

• Initial HR interview
• Interview with the heads of the Options business unit
• Technical challenge (home-work type, it is neither a live coding challenge nor pair programming)
• Challenge debrief (a discussion where you present your solution, guide us through your thought process and receive feedback)
• Offer

Our offer

• A competitive salary package, with various benefits depending on the method of engagement (employee or freelancer).
• Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence

As an employer we are committed to build an inclusive, diverse and non-discriminating work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, creed and sexual orientation. We hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

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