C++ / Rust Engineer - New York OR London- Digital Assets Trading Firm

$100,000 - $250,000/Yr

Oxford Knight - New York, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

New York, NY

About the position

The C++ / Rust Engineer position at a digital assets trading firm offers a fantastic opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in the crypto trading and investments sector. The role focuses on developing high-performance trading applications that require precision and speed, essential for navigating today's fast-changing markets. The ideal candidate will be a motivated individual with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for software engineering best practices, contributing to the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Requirements

• 0-3 years' professional programming experience
• Strong programming skills in C++ or Rust
• Demonstrable track record writing clean, readable, and extensible code, including robust handling of edge cases and thorough testing
• Solid understanding of core computer science concepts: OOP, algorithms, programming languages, etc.
• Sound knowledge of multithreading, networking, and Linux internals
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field from a top-level institution

Nice-to-haves

• Immediate availability to start work
• Quant Dev experience with trading strategies
• Expertise in developing low-latency applications in the microseconds-to-milliseconds range
• Hands-on experience in DeFi, e.g. blockchain fundamentals, JSON-RPC, MEV, Solidity, or Solana
• Comfortable with AWS

Benefits

• Competitive salary (100k-250k)
• Work with some of the smartest people in the digital asset industry
• Greenfield work / big impact