Our client, a leading crypto market making and prop trading firm, is seeking a Senior Exchange Connectivity Engineer to design, build, and maintain integrations with major cryptocurrency exchanges.
This role operates at the heart of their trading infrastructure, ensuring ultra-reliable, low-latency connectivity and driving continuous improvements across protocols, networking, and systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement exchange connectivity modules (REST, WebSocket, FIX, proprietary APIs) for leading crypto venues.
- Optimize order entry, market data ingestion, and account management for performance and reliability.
- Contribute to a robust, fault-tolerant, and scalable connectivity framework using Rust and TypeScript.
- Collaborate closely with trading, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver high-quality exchange integrations.
- Monitor, debug, and continuously improve production systems.
- Mentor junior engineers and help establish best practices.
- Participate in on-call rotations as required.
- Occasional travel may be required.
- 3–5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience integrating with cryptocurrency exchanges.
- Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals, including HTTP, WebSocket, TCP, and TLS.
- Proficiency in Rust, or a strong C++ background with exposure to Rust.
- Solid experience with TypeScript.
- Experience with Web3 or DeFi protocols and integrations.
- Previous leadership or mentoring experience within an engineering team.
- Familiarity with traditional finance connectivity (ITCH / OUCH / UDP Multicast, etc.).
- Strong documentation skills and ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.
- Supportive and collaborative, with a mentorship mindset.