Software Engineer, Backend Systems
Fullstack, a ~10-person crypto-trading startup, is hiring a backend engineer to build real-time trading infrastructure on-site in New York — risk/liquidation engines, blockchain state machines, and millisecond-latency REST/WebSocket APIs — with in-depth production Rust experience as the core requirement.
- Compensation
- $185K–$300K / yr
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 2-4 years as a backend software engineer
- In-depth production experience with Rust
- Strong asynchronous programming (Tokio a plus)
- Distributed systems knowledge
- Performance-driven mindset for latency-sensitive, real-time systems
- Ability to work on-site in New York
Full description
Software Engineer, Backend Systems
Company: Confidential — venture-backed technology company
Location: New York, NY (on-site)
Compensation: $185,000 - $300,000 + competitive equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: TN and H-1B transfers only (excluding H-1B holders in year 3 or year 6)
About the Company
The client is building a single front end for crypto trading. Today retail traders are spread across multiple front ends, browser-extension wallets, bridges and a growing list of venues. The client brings perpetuals, cross-chain spot and prediction markets into one portfolio-margin trading experience with a single unified balance, extending USDC collateral to the venues of each user's choice.
One co-founder built Insilico Terminal, which the company describes as the leading order execution and management system for centralized exchanges; the other ran one of the top on-chain and centralized-exchange high-frequency trading firms. The client has raised $15M+ and has a team of about 10.
The Role
The client is looking for a backend engineer with production Rust experience to help build the infrastructure behind its real-time trading platform: risk, settlement, market data and the APIs traders depend on. This role suits someone with strong asynchronous programming, solid systems knowledge and a performance-driven mindset who thrives in a collaborative, in-person environment.
What You Will Do
- Build and maintain risk and liquidation engines that improve capital efficiency in volatile markets.
- Design and implement the blockchain state machines that power trading, settlement and risk.
- Build services that keep state consistent across asynchronous processes using voting, consensus and coordination.
- Process live market data and coordinate actions across trading venues over WebSocket streams.
- Build high-performance REST and WebSocket APIs with millisecond-level response times.
What You Bring
- 2-4 years as a backend software engineer
- In-depth production experience with Rust
- Strong asynchronous programming (Tokio a plus) and distributed systems knowledge
- A performance-driven mindset for latency-sensitive, real-time systems
- Ability to work on-site in New York
Tech Stack
Rust, Tokio, distributed systems, blockchain, REST APIs, WebSocket APIs, Docker
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