Senior Software Engineer - Backend at dYdX Trading
Company: dYdX Trading
Location: New York, United States
Type: FULL_TIME
Job Description
<div>At dYdX you'll have an opportunity to build state-of-the-art decentralized technologies that will redefine global financial markets. By joining us at this stage in our growth, you will help make fundamental decisions that will shape the course of dYdX. </div><div>→<a href="https://www.notion.so/dydx/Work-at-dYdX-2a221fec1be781408282e48fcb56070c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Learn more about working at dYdX</a></div><div><br></div><div><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Contribute to the core trading engine. Optimize for throughput, latency, and correctness under high-concurrency across many trading pairs.</span></li><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Own real-time market infrastructure. Build the pipelines that process, aggregate, and distribute order book updates, trades, and market events to traders.</span></li><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Build for 24/7 uptime. The exchange doesn't rest. Design systems for seamless upgradeability, horizontal scalability, and zero-downtime deploys.</span></li><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shape the architecture as we scale. Make foundational technical decisions about how the platform evolves as we add asset classes and increase throughput.</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>REQUIREMENTS:</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li class="">5+ years experience working as a full-time developer</li><li class="">You write secure, efficient, high quality code and have a good understanding of CS fundamentals</li><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Experience building or integrating with trading systems.</span></li><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Deep understanding of distributed systems and software architectures, excellent coding skills, and strong debugging capabilities.</span></li><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fast learner who can quickly master new technologies.</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>NICE TO HAVES:</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Experience or interest in decentralized finance.</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><em>Salary range for this role is $210K to $300K USD (NY). Compensation subject to experience and location. Published salary bands pursuant to transparency laws, and do not include possible variable compensation such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentive.</em></div>
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