Experienced Rust Engineer -- Trading Systems
About The Position
Blockhouse is a systematic crypto trading firm operating two live production strategies across centralized and decentralized perpetual venues, trading client capital. The firm was founded in 2022. Our core market-making engine is built in Rust and is deployed in production across multiple venues. We are actively extending the platform — integrating additional exchanges, refining execution, and developing the surrounding operational infrastructure, including our trader dashboard, GCP environment, and observability systems. Blockhouse is a small, engineering-driven team, and engineers work directly with the founders and Head of Trading.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of production Rust experience, or equivalent production experience in a comparable systems language (C++, Go) with demonstrated Rust proficiency
- Proven track record of delivering low-latency or performance-sensitive systems in production
- Strong command of concurrency, asynchronous programming, networking, and performance trade-offs
- Proficiency in Linux/UNIX environments and standard debugging and profiling tooling
- Demonstrated pragmatism: a preference for incremental improvement over rewrites, and sound judgment on where to invest engineering effort
Nice To Haves
- Experience integrating with centralized or decentralized crypto exchange APIs
- Background in market making, execution systems, or high-frequency trading infrastructure
- Working experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Familiarity with internal tooling development (TypeScript, React) for trader- or operator-facing interfaces
- Python proficiency for tooling, testing, or research integration
- Prior experience mentoring or informally leading engineers
Responsibilities
- Extend and optimize the Rust trading engine, with emphasis on performance, reliability, and extensibility
- Integrate new centralized and decentralized venues and harden existing integrations
- Contribute to the ongoing GCP migration, including observability, deployment, and data infrastructure
- Partner with the Head of Trading and quantitative researchers to translate strategy requirements into production systems
- Uphold and improve engineering standards through code review, design feedback, and mentorship
- Help establish and maintain team practices around testing, CI, and on-call operations
Benefits
- Equity grant
- Strategy PnL share
- Full benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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