Vigil Markets

Vigil Markets

Senior Software Engineer

New York · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$225k-$300kDetected 232 days ago
GoC++Distributed SystemsCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Our small, incredibly strong team thrives on solving impactful problems in a fast-paced environment.
  • Your deep technical expertise is complemented by broad domain knowledge, enabling you to champion diverse solutions. - Have a strong bias towards action.
  • You care deeply about code quality, pushing for robust, production-ready solutions beyond just passing unit tests. - Exhibit excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Our objective is to build a robust, high-throughput, low-latency exchange. Depending on your interests, you could be building our matching engine, trading APIs, or market data feeds.
  • Have a strong bias towards action. You prefer building demos and proof of concepts over lengthy documents.
  • Experience building multi-tenant, large-scale distributed systems
  • Our objective is to build a robust, high-throughput, low-latency exchange.
  • Depending on your interests, you could be building our matching engine, trading APIs, or market data feeds.
  • You prefer building demos and proof of concepts over lengthy documents.

Requirements

  • Your deep technical expertise is complemented by broad domain knowledge, enabling you to champion diverse solutions.
  • Have experience with a systems programming language like C, C++, Go, or Rust
  • Experience with Go (our primary language) and/or building matching engines
  • Track record of shipping high-quality products and leading large-scale projects

Compensation

  • Highly competitive salary with startup equity.
  • The target compensation for this role is $225,000-$300,000, with the final offer amount potentially varying based on experience and job-related skills.
  • We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
  • We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
  • This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Benefits

  • We're building a team of passionate, talented engineers who share our vision.
  • We also cover commuter expenses.
  • Compensation: Highly competitive salary with startup equity.
  • Time Off: Unlimited PTO with flexible sick, family, and mental health leave (minimum 4 weeks)
  • Healthcare: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

Company info

  • What we're looking for
  • Vigil Markets is on a mission to re-imagine how financial exchanges work from first principles to deliver fair order execution to the masses.
  • We're building an exchange that lets our customers focus on their trades instead of focusing on the idiosyncrasies of the exchange.
  • Founded by customer-obsessed engineers and researchers, we love tackling tough technical challenges.
  • We're looking for NYC-based candidates or those willing to relocate (we cover costs).

Equal opportunity

  • Vigil Markets, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
  • We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
  • We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

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