Blockhouse
Experienced Rust Engineer -- Trading Systems
New York City Area · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$110k-$160kDetected 92 days ago
TypeScriptPythonGoRustC++ReactCode ReviewGCPCloud PlatformsLinuxResearchMentoring
About the role
- This is a senior individual contributor position on our trading systems team, reporting into the Head of Trading.
- We are not looking to rebuild the platform.
- Our system is operational and trades real capital today.
Responsibilities
- Extend and optimize the Rust trading engine, with emphasis on performance, reliability, and extensibility
- Partner with the Head of Trading and quantitative researchers to translate strategy requirements into production systems
- Uphold and improve engineering standards through code review, design feedback, and mentorship
- Help establish and maintain team practices around testing, CI, and on-call operations
- writing production code daily, owning meaningful components of the system end-to-end, and raising the technical standard of the team through code review, design input, and mentorship of junior engineers.
- We are actively extending the platform - integrating additional exchanges, refining execution, and developing the surrounding operational infrastructure, including our trader dashboard, GCP environment, and observability systems.
- The role is focused on extending our production Rust engine: writing production code daily, owning meaningful components of the system end-to-end, and raising the technical standard of the team through code review, design input, and mentorship of junior engineers.
- The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to navigate an existing codebase, identify high-impact improvements, deliver them to production incrementally, and improve the reliability and extensibility of the platform over time.
Requirements
- 2-5 years of production Rust experience, or equivalent production experience in a comparable systems language (C++, Go) with demonstrated Rust proficiency
- Proven track record of delivering low-latency or performance-sensitive systems in production
- Proficiency in Linux/UNIX environments and standard debugging and profiling tooling
Nice to have
- Experience integrating with centralized or decentralized crypto exchange APIs
- Background in market making, execution systems, or high-frequency trading infrastructure
- Working experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Familiarity with internal tooling development (TypeScript, React) for trader- or operator-facing interfaces
- Python proficiency for tooling, testing, or research integration
- Prior experience mentoring or informally leading engineers
- Substantive ownership of a production trading system with direct impact on firm PnL
- Close working relationship with the founding team, Head of Trading, and quantitative staff
Compensation
- $110,000-$160,000 base, commensurate with experience.
Benefits
- Equity grant and strategy PnL share included.
- Full benefits.
Company info
- Type: Full-time
- Blockhouse is a systematic crypto trading firm operating two live production strategies across centralized and decentralized perpetual venues, trading client capital.
- The firm was founded in 2022.
- Our core market-making engine is built in Rust and is deployed in production across multiple venues.
- Blockhouse is a small, engineering-driven team, and engineers work directly with the founders and Head of Trading.
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