Backend Engineer at Hyperliquid Labs

<p style="min-height:1.5em">Key Responsibilities:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design, implement, and optimize all layers of the Hyperliquid protocol stack. This includes consensus, execution (HyperCore and HyperEVM), and API/RPC servers.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design and implement financial and trading primitives on the Hyperliquid L1</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">About You:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Very strong systems engineering ability: writing modular, maintainable code within a complex codebase, where correctness and performance are critical </p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Interest in performance optimization </p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong first principles thinker </p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and communication skills</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Competitive programming experience (e.g., IOI, ICPC) or similar level of programming ability </p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with Rust</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Able to work in-person</p></li></ul>