About the company
Our client is a financial technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own server-side engineering for a latency-sensitive platform, covering risk logic, distributed state handling, live data processing and the interfaces that front-end clients depend on. You will work closely with colleagues in a fully in-person setting.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain risk management services that help control exposure when conditions are volatile.
- Design and implement state machines behind core transaction, settlement and risk workflows.
- Develop services that keep data consistent across concurrent asynchronous processes using coordination and consensus techniques.
- Ingest live data feeds and orchestrate time-sensitive actions across multiple external systems.
- Create fast, dependable request-response and streaming interfaces for client applications.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A genuine, demonstrable interest in trading or financial markets.
- Production experience with Rust.
- A track record shipping server-side software for demanding, low-delay workloads, with hands-on systems-level depth beyond data pipeline work.
- Solid grounding in asynchronous programming.
- Working knowledge of several database types, including relational, time-series and key-value stores.
- Prior experience at a startup.
- Personal side projects, ideally in Rust or C, that can be reviewed on a public code profile.
Bonus points
- Background at a fintech, crypto or high-frequency trading firm.
- Low-latency or trading-systems experience.
- Experience at a venture-backed startup.
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
- New York, NY, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Genuine, demonstrable interest in trading or financial markets
- Production experience with Rust
- Experience shipping server-side software for demanding, low-delay workloads
- Systems-level backend engineering depth beyond data pipeline work
- Solid grounding in asynchronous programming
- Working knowledge of relational, time-series, and key-value databases
- Prior experience at a startup
- Publicly reviewable side projects, ideally in Rust or C
- Fintech, cryptocurrency, or high-frequency trading experience
- Low-latency or trading-systems experience
- Experience at a venture-backed startup
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
