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C++ Engineer Strategic Market Making — Exchange Connectivity (Trading)

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C++/Rust Engineer Strategic Market Making— Exchange Connectivity

About Keyrock

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, Singapore and Paris, 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. Keyrock is looking to expand and establish itself as a
- service financial institution through both organic innovation and inorganic growth.

But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We're pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising De
Fi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives.

At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it.

Mission statement

Keyrock’s Strategic Market Making (Strat
MM) team is hiring a Rust Engineer to build and evolve our hybrid CEX/DEX exchange connectivity layer. You will own and manage our team's integration path for exchange venues, handling abstractions for execution logic and market data ingestion, while also exploring a
- lift integration model to enable rapid,
- effective initial support for new trading venues with the flexibility to upgrade to more robust, permanent implementations later. This role collaborates closely with the trading desk, requiring a
- oriented mindset.

Job Description

• Design, build, and maintain
  - performance exchange connectivity for orders and market data across multiple venues
• Work on connectivity to novel liquidity access platforms, such as
  - based venues
• Deliver robust, observable services with clear SLAs and graceful failure modes
• Optimize for latency, throughput, and stability in production environments
• Collaborate regularly with traders, quants, and product teams to translate strategy needs into reliable systems
• Establish strong testing, simulation, and replay workflows for fast and safe iteration
• Champion code quality, observability, incident response, and performance profiling, embedding security at every stage.
• Help shape technical standards and mentor teammates in a
  - caliber engineering group

Background And Experience

• 3+ years of
  - on experience in Rust and/or C++ in production
• Experience in modern C++ is a plus, especially for
  - level or
  - latency work
• Proven track record in building exchange connectivity:
• Order entry APIs and lifecycle management
• Market data handling, parsing, normalization, and distribution
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals:
• Concurrency, memory management, networking, serialization, and observability
• Solid understanding of performance tuning and profiling in
  - world systems
• Experience with
  - native deployment and operations in major clouds, e. g. , AWS
• Pragmatic approach to reliability and operability in live trading environments
• Proactive mindset with strong
  - solving ability
• Excellent communication and a collaborative mindset when working with trading, product, and engineering teams

Nice to have

• Good working knowledge of Python and how it is used by quants
• Exposure to hybrid or De
  Fi
  - chain DEX connectivity, RPC providers, and MEV-aware workflows
• Familiarity with
  - based frameworks and matching paradigms in crypto markets
• Experience with FIX, Web
  Socket, g
  RPC, REST, custom binary protocols, or feed handlers
• Knowledge of CI/CD for
  - availability systems and a Dev
  Sec
  Fin
  Ops approach in the cloud
• Experience with
  - series data, event sourcing, and deterministic replays
• A genuine passion for and deep interest in digital assets and crypto trading

Our offer

• A competitive salary package
• 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 building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and 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.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.