Trading Systems Engineer (Rust)

Drift
Worldwide
Permanent
200000 K
December 2022
Remote
Job description
Mid-Level
Remote / Sydney / San Francisco / New York / Singapore
Trading Systems Engineer (Rust) - Drift Protocol
USD $120-170k + up to $200k annual token bonus
The Opportunity
Drift is looking for a Trading Systems Engineer to report to our CTO, Head of Research, and Quant engineering team, to lead the development of core trading infrastructure, design and implement quantitative trading strategies, as well as monitor systems and ensure their performance. You’ll have an opportunity to work across our entire Solana stack on cutting-edge technology that revolutionises the way we trade digital assets.
Drift Labs pays a competitive salary with upside potential.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain core trading infrastructure
Develop monitoring solutions to ensure system performance in production
Profile and improve critical code paths to ensure high performance
Assist in implementing and integrating quantitative trading strategies
Participate in code reviews to maintain a high degree of code quality
Requirements
Low level understanding of HTTP, HTTP/2 and websocket protocols
Proven experience working with a low level language (i.e. C/C++/Rust)
Experience or willingness to working in Rust
Experience working with an asynchronous and/or multithreaded system
Sufficient knowledge of maths to implement mathematical concepts in code
Nice to haves
Experience in algorithmic trading
Working knowledge of common DeFi patterns
Experience working with blockchains at the protocol level
Perks:
Remote first - work from anywhere, but a home base in Australia or the North America is preferable
International team meets
Stipend for technology costs
Who we are ?
Drift is a leading derivatives exchange on Solana. Our mission is to bring state-of-the-art trader-centric experience from centralized exchanges on-chain. We're a team of experienced traders and builders from DeFi and traditional finance working together to make this a reality.
Within five months of launching, we have:

• Achieved over $50M in trader open interest with $13M in collateral vault balance;
• Hit $10B in cumulative volume traded;
• Launched 21 trading markets

Our values
Drift is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. All aspects of employment are based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.