C++/Rust Engineer - Systematic Crypto Trading
Rockstar Recruiting
Zürich, Switzerland
4 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
CHF 180KJob location
Zürich, Switzerland
Tech stack
C++
Computer Programming
Data Structures
Performance Tuning
Systems Architecture
Real Time Systems
Backend
Web3.js
Job description
- Design and develop the core infrastructure powering real-time trading execution.
- Contribute to the architecture of systems responsible for order processing, market state, and trade execution.
- Build high-throughput pipelines for orders, trades, and market data distribution.
- Ensure systems remain predictable, resilient, and highly performant under heavy load.
- Continuously improve performance, reliability, and system efficiency.
- Work closely with research and product teams exploring new market structures and trading mechanics.
Technologies:
- Backend
- Support
- Rust
- Web3
- C++
- Network
Requirements
- Experience building high-performance backend or systems infrastructure.
- Strong programming experience in Rust, C++ or similar systems languages.
- Experience developing real-time systems where performance, determinism, and reliability are critical.
- Strong understanding of concurrency, scalable system design, and performance optimization.
- Solid background in data structures, algorithmic thinking, and efficient system architecture.
- Experience analyzing and improving performance across compute, memory, and networking layers.
Benefits & conditions
Salary: CHF 140'000 - 180'000 per year