Senior Performance Engineer, Trading Infrastructure

About the Role

You will profile, tune, and optimize low-level services implemented in Rust or C++ that power latency-sensitive trading and data systems. You will design systems for microsecond-sensitive environments, ship performance improvements with immediate impact, and own foundational systems end-to-end, keeping them simple, reliable, and easy to operate.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of systems-level engineering in Rust or C++
  • Deep experience tuning high-throughput, latency-sensitive systems
  • Strong intuition for hardware, operating systems, and network performance
  • Ability to operate with high ownership on difficult technical problems
  • Desire to push performance to the limit

Responsibilities

  • Profile, tune, and optimize low-level Rust services
  • Design systems for low-latency environments where microseconds matter
  • Ship improvements that have immediate, visible impact across the network
  • Own foundational systems end-to-end and keep them simple, reliable, and easy to operate

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity
  • Generous vacation
  • Wellness budgets
  • Support for learning and travel
  • Remote-first flexibility

Skills

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