Trading Systems Engineer

Posted 4 days ago Flexible Job Permanent Negotiable

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

Job ID PR/604744

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ABOUT COMPANY

Selby Jennings

New York, United States

1000 Employees HR & Recruitment

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