Trading Systems Engineer

Trading Systems Engineer (Rust)

A quantitative trading firm is seeking a Trading Systems Engineer to help build and scale a high-performance trading platform supporting live electronic trading across multiple venues.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain exchange connectivity, including market data and order management systems

Enhance and optimize low-latency trading infrastructure and execution systems

Build and extend core platform components such as OMS, execution engines, and risk controls

Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve the reliability of production trading systems

Collaborate closely with traders and quantitative researchers to deliver production-ready solutions and trading tools

Requirements

Strong commercial experience with Rust, including concurrent and performance-focused applications

At least 3 years of experience building backend systems in trading, market making, financial markets, or other latency-sensitive environments

Experience developing exchange connectivity, market data, and trade execution systems

Strong understanding of system profiling, performance optimization, and debugging

Ability to work closely with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable engineering solutions

Preferred Skills

Python experience for tooling and prototyping

Exposure to quantitative trading, risk management, or pricing systems

Experience with live trading infrastructure and configuration management platforms

Background in high-performance or low-latency systems

What's Offered

Opportunity to work on mission-critical trading systems with direct business impact

Close collaboration with traders and quantitative teams

Exposure to complex engineering challenges in real-time trading environments

Competitive compensation and benefits package