Backend Rust Engineer - Options Trading Lisboa

Keyrock is a leading
- maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. We're trading on more than 80 exchanges and working with a wide array of asset issuers.

We're looking for a Rust OR C++ Engineer with extensive (HFT) Trading Systems experience to join our team. The ideal candidate must be willing to learn and become an expert in RUST, if not already proficient.

Job Description

You will be joining our small but rapidly growing Options Business Unit’s fully remote engineering team, building out and improving our low latency options trading system. You’ll have the opportunity to solve interesting business problems with a high impact on our bottom line.

Responsibilities

• Work on scalable systems architecture, simple extendable APIs.
• Contribute to low latency and/or option trading systems.
• Collaborate in a globally remote async team.
• Take ownership from gathering initial requirements to deployment.
• Maintain an operational mindset, understanding infrastructure and deployments.

Requirements

• Expert low latency and/or data heavy (trading) systems or similar (5+ years experience).
• Strong experience with either Rust and/or C/C++
• Willingness to become an expert in Rust (if not already).
• Experience with unit and integration testing.
• Options Trading knowledge or a keen interest.
• Previous experience with exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is valuable.
• Experience with Postgre
  SQL databases and
  - based protocols.

Competences and Personality

• Problem solving and pragmatic approach to system design and implementation.
• Entrepreneurial, “big picture” architectural thinking, with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with a team player mindset.

What We Offer

• A competitive salary package with various benefits.
• Autonomy in time management with flexible working hours and remote work opportunities.
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience.

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse, and
- discriminating work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, creed, and sexual orientation. We hire, reward, and promote entirely based on merit and performance.