Senior Software Engineer

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. Design and evolve the core trading architecture for throughput, latency and failure isolation .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeRemote • MexicoSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and evolving trading architectures, with a strong focus on backend systems, exchange connectivity, and high-performance market data handling. Proven ability to lead incident response and set technical standards in a 24/7 trading environment.

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Production Backend Systems DevelopmentExchange Or Broker APIs (REST, WebSocket, FIX)Systems Or Backend Language (C++, Rust, Java, Go)Distributed Systems FundamentalsHigh Message Rate Design

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Hard Skills

Production Backend Systems DevelopmentExchange Or Broker APIsOrder LifecyclesMarket Data HandlingDistributed Systems FundamentalsConcurrencyIdempotencyFailoverC++Java

Soft Skills

Clear Written And Spoken English

Tools & Technologies

RESTWebSocketFIX

Industry Keywords

Trading ArchitectureMarket InfrastructureExchange ConnectivityCrypto DerivativesOMS/EMSSmart Order Routing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ClojureDistributed SystemsJavaKotlinRustScalaC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and evolve the core trading architecture for throughput, latency and failure isolation
Build and maintain venue gateways over REST, WebSocket and FIX, including order entry, cancels, amendments and drop copy
Own order and execution management
Run market data ingestion and normalization across 10,000+ instruments, with redundancy and failover between feeds and gateways
Automate the instrument lifecycle, including listing, delisting, expiries and option rotations
Onboard new venues and instrument types and absorb their quirks
Serve as the technical reference for engineers building risk, ledger and client applications
Lead incident response on the trading path and write runbooks
Design, build, deploy and operate shipped systems
Participate in the on-call rotation for systems trading 24/7
Help set technical standards as the company scales

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years building production backend systems, with at least 3 in trading, market infrastructure or exchange connectivity
Deep experience with exchange or broker APIs (REST, WebSocket, FIX), order lifecycles and market data
Strong command of a systems or backend language used in production trading, such as C++, Rust, Java or Go
Solid distributed systems fundamentals: concurrency, idempotency, back-pressure, failover and consistency
Experience designing for high message rates (tens of thousands per second and up) at millisecond latency
A track record of owning a production system end to end, including on-call for a 24/7 market
Clear written and spoken English
Must be eligible to work in Mexico
Nice to have: Crypto derivatives: perpetuals, funding, options lifecycle, margin and liquidation on Binance, Deribit or similar
Nice to have: OMS/EMS or smart order routing experience
Nice to have: Functional programming or JVM experience (Clojure, Scala, Kotlin)
Nice to have: Experience leading architecture decisions across several teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation including discretionary bonus
Remote-first team with a flexible work environment focused on results
Annual company offsites to connect, collaborate, and recharge
Birthdays off
Unlimited Vacation
Supportive parental leave policy designed to prioritize family and well-being