Backend Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing financial technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own backend engineering for a latency-sensitive platform, with a focus on risk logic, consistent state handling and fast APIs. The role is hands-on and performance-minded, and sits within a close-knit team that works side by side in person.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain risk management services that cope with volatile conditions and use capital efficiently.

• Design and implement state machines that support transaction processing, settlement and risk operations.

• Develop services that keep data consistent across asynchronous processes using coordination and consensus techniques.

• Ingest live data feeds and coordinate time-sensitive workflows across external systems.

• Create high-performance REST and WebSocket APIs with very fast response times.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• Production experience with Rust.

• A genuine, demonstrable interest in trading or financial markets.

• Comfort working with several database types, including relational, time-series and key-value.

• A track record of shipping server-side software where speed and heavy load matter.

• Hands-on experience with asynchronous programming.

• Prior experience working at a startup.

Bonus points

• Self-directed projects outside of work in a systems programming language.

• Background in latency-sensitive or trading software.

• Experience in fintech, trading or blockchain.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 185,000 to 300,000 per year

• Equity

• Medical, dental and HSA coverage

• Retirement plan with employer match

Location and work model

• San Francisco, CA, United States

• On-site, 5 days per week in office

• Full-time