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DeFi Systems Engineer – Trading, Risk & Performance

Posted 20 Days Ago
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Remote
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Senior level
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2 Locations
Senior level
The DeFi Systems Engineer will optimize APIs, develop risk management modules, ensure security and code quality, and collaborate across teams in a fast-paced environment.
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Who We Are

We are a cutting-edge DeFi automation and social trading platform revolutionizing how users, builders, and protocols interact with crypto. By combining seamless automation, gamification, and social engagement, we empower traders to discover, execute, and share innovative trading strategies across multiple chains. With a focus on user-driven growth and simplified blockchain workflows, we are building the future of decentralized finance—where trading is smarter, faster, and more connected. Join us in shaping the next generation of crypto innovation.

The Role

As a DeFi Systems Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping and building an innovative user experience for the future of decentralised finance. We are looking for a skilled developer who is passionate about automating and abstracting away the complexities of on-chain swaps and liquidity management without sacrificing performance or scalability to provide a trading experience that can only be described as magic by end users.

This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with a high-performance team in developing a cutting-edge product that will redefine the DeFi ecosystem and advance our mission to transform the industry. You will be joining a stealth-mode initiative supported by a well-funded company, allowing you to innovate in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the resources and support needed to push the boundaries of technology. Your work will directly contribute to creating a product that will have a profound impact on the world of DeFi, underpinned by the financial strength and strategic direction of our organisation


Key Responsibilities

  • Build and optimize low-latency, high throughput APIs that abstract and simplify complex DeFi operations.

  • Build real‑time risk‑management modules for perpetuals (perps), options, and binary products, covering margin calculations, collateral monitoring, and automated liquidations

  • Work closely with frontend developers to ensure seamless interaction between the frontend and APIs or blockchain nodes for real-time data display.

  • Ensure security best practices are followed, particularly concerning user data and blockchain interactions.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (design, marketing, product) to deliver new features and improvements according to the product roadmap.

  • Maintain code excellence: author clean, efficient, and maintainable code; implement comprehensive testing and debugging; and lead code reviews, share best practices, and mentor teammates.

Knowledge & Experience

  • Must have 5+ years of experience in a similar role and level.

  • Proven track record building high performance, production grade, low latency systems or microservices in Go, C++, or equivalent systems-level language, with deep expertise in lock‑free data structures, and cache‑aware memory layouts.

  • Familiarity with key DeFi protocols and aggregators (Jupiter, Uniswap, Jito, Flashbots).

  • Deep understanding of derivatives pricing and risk (Black‑Scholes, greeks, margin, hedging).

  • Strong understanding of crypto markets, order-book mechanics, market-data feed architectures, and risk-control frameworks.

  • Experience developing EVM Smart Contracts using Solidity and popular toolchains (Foundry or Hardhat).

  • Experience in profiling and benchmarking with tools such as pprof, delve, and gdb and meeting end-to-end performance SLAs.

  • Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) in a production setting.

  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (or equivalent) for packaging and running microservices in a production environment.

  • Experience designing and managing relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and in-memory data stores (Redis), including schema design, indexing, and caching strategies for low-latency services.

  • Experience with market‑data infrastructure and back‑testing frameworks: hands‑on building and operating real‑time data pipelines (Kafka/Redpanda, ClickHouse/InfluxDB) and authoring production‑grade back‑testing and simulation systems in Python or Go.

Ideal Candidate Profile

  • A creative problem-solver who is eager to innovate and push boundaries in the DeFi space.

  • Possesses a deep understanding of web technologies and a strong grasp of risk management and trading system architectures

  • Thrives in scrappy start-up environments, seeing ambiguity as an opportunity rather than an obstacle.

  • Comfortable taking ownership of complex problems and transforming them into user-friendly solutions.

  • Excels in collaboration, building trust and rapport with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Adept at communicating complex concepts clearly and concisely.

  • Relentless in delivering high-quality products, even under pressure.

  • Understands that speed and agility are key competitive advantages and drives urgency and efficiency without compromising quality.

  • Passionate about DeFi, with a commitment to continuous learning and staying at the forefront of this dynamic field.

Nice to Haves

  • Experience building order‑book DEXes (e.g. Serum‑style)

  • Experience integrating natively with DeFi protocols and smart contracts (e.g. Uniswap Router, pump.fun liquidity pools, multicall, etc.)

  • Experience developing and deploying Solana Smart Contracts with Achor

  • Experience with GraphQL schema design and sub-second subscription handling and/or gRPC-Web for low-latency data flows

  • Experience building production‑grade back‑testing and simulation frameworks in Python or Go.

  • Familiarity with dark‑pool trading architectures and zero‑knowledge proof systems (e.g. zkSNARKs, zk‑STARKs) and how they integrate into DeFi protocols.

  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code

Top Skills

C++
Clickhouse
Docker
Go
Influxdb
Kafka
Kubernetes
MySQL
Postgres
Python
Redis
Redpanda
Solidity

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