Low-Latency Systems Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate high‑throughput, low‑latency distributed systems in a highly competitive, adversarial environment.
• Optimise performance‑critical code paths where microsecond‑level improvements compound across millions of executions.
• Work on complex optimisation problems, including transaction ordering, simulations, and state computation at scale.
• Build and maintain ultra‑low‑latency components where simplicity, determinism, and speed are paramount.
• Analyse competitor behaviour and system dynamics, turning insights into engineering or strategic improvements with direct commercial impact.
• Own systems end‑to‑end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration, with rapid feedback loops.
• Contribute to innovation in a fast‑evolving technical domain where protocols, algorithms, and access patterns are still being defined.

Requirements:

• Strong systems programming experience in Rust (or C++ with willingness to switch).
• Deep understanding of concurrency, including lock‑free data structures, synchronisation primitives, and multi‑core data flow.
• Proven ability to profile and optimise software, with strong knowledge of how code interacts with hardware (CPU caches, memory layout, branch prediction, compiler behaviour).
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and comfort operating in novel, adversarial, and fast‑moving environments.
• High ownership mindset, with experience taking systems from concept through production and continuous improvement.

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with blockchain systems or virtual machine execution environments.
• Experience with high‑performance networking or kernel‑level optimisations.
• Exposure to auction systems, game theory, or adversarial market design.

**Salary Package: **Base + Cash Bonus + Equity