C++ Engineer - Options Trading Lisboa

Overview

Backend Rust Engineer - Options Trading

Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading
- maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. Today, we rock with over 200 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from De
Fi natives to Ph
Ds. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels and Singapore, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight. We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a
- established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading,
- frequency trading, OTC, and De
Fi trading desks. We’re pioneering in adopting the Rust development language for algorithmic trading and champion its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program and upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising De
Fi, RWA, and NFT protocols. We push the industry’s progress with our research and governance initiatives. At Keyrock, we’re actively building the future of digital assets.

Mission statement

We are looking for a Rust OR C++ Engineer with extensive (HFT) trading systems experience, to join our team. Our technology stack includes Rust (backend), Type
Script (UI), and Python (data). The ideal candidate should be willing to learn and become an expert in Rust if not already proficient. We are open to candidates from C++/C backgrounds as well. You will join our small but rapidly growing Options Business Unit’s fully remote engineering team, building and improving our
- latency options trading system. You’ll have the opportunity to solve interesting business problems with a high impact on our bottom line. We are looking for candidates in either Asian or European
- zones.

We are looking for a C++/Rust Engineer with the following skills

• Very strong on scalable systems architecture, simple extendable APIs.
• Experience with low latency and/or option trading is highly valued.
• Capable of working in a wider team environment, in a globally remote async team.
• Pragmatic in their approach to problem solving through iterations, balancing business requirements with a long term technical vision.
• Complete ownership from gathering initial requirements all the way to deployment.
• Operational mindset, understanding infrastructure and deployments.

Background And Experience

• Expert low latency and/or data heavy (trading) systems or similar (5+ years experience).
• Very 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, or equivalent functional testing approaches.
• Options Trading knowledge or a keen interest is considered essential.
• Previous experience with exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is valuable.
• Experience with Postgre
  SQL databases and
  - based protocols, or similar technologies, is considered essential.

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 collaborating within a fully remote global team.

Our recruitment philosophy

We value
- awareness in our recruitment process. We seek people who understand themselves and their career goals. We’re after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A crypto trading enthusiast, driven, collaborative, and delivers solid, scalable outcomes by using an engineer’s biggest weapon: simplicity.

Recruitment process

• Initial HR interview
• Interview with the heads of the Options business unit
• Technical challenge (home-work type; it is neither a live coding challenge nor pair programming)
• Challenge debrief (a discussion where you present your solution, guide us through your thought process and receive feedback)
• Offer

Our offer

• A competitive salary package, with various benefits depending on the method of engagement (employee or freelancer).
• Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence

As an employer we are committed to build 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.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.