Senior Back-End Engineer, Trading Platform

About the role

Blockchain, a global crypto company and software platform for digital assets, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Institutional team in the Singapore office. The role builds low-latency, scalable trading services in Rust, including order management, exchange gateways and risk management systems, and works closely with other tech teams.

Key responsibilities

• Build low latency, scalable trading services in Rust, including Order Management System (OMS), exchange gateways and risk management systems.
• Enhance and maintain OMS functionality for efficient order execution, routing and management in a high-frequency trading environment.
• Contribute to a fast-paced engineering team that iterates on cutting-edge systems and to new financial services, systems and architecture.
• Gain exposure to low latency, high throughput techniques and algorithms.
• Apply advanced encryption to protect user and company data.
• Work with other tech teams to deliver high-quality products and improve performance.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in C++ and/or Rust.
• Experience in one or more of: multithreading, network programming including multicast, performance benchmarking and tuning.
• Interest in embedding testing throughout development, from unit to integration and load/capacity testing.
• Familiarity with trading systems architecture: OMS, exchange gateway connectivity, market data ingestion and high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Basic understanding of algorithms, data structures, databases and distributed systems.

Required skills

• C++ and/or Rust
• Python and SQL
• Trading systems architecture (OMS, exchange gateways, market data)

What we offer

• Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity.
• Hybrid model with a Singapore office and a Work From Anywhere policy of up to 20 days per year.
• ClassPass budget for learning and professional development.
• Unlimited vacation policy and Apple equipment.