C++/Rust Engineer – Systematic Crypto Trading

Posted on March 12, 2026
Zurich
Permanent
Posted on March 12, 2026

About this role

Salary: CHF 140'000 - 180'000 per year

Requirements:
  • Experience building high-performance backend or systems infrastructure.
  • Strong programming experience in Rust, C++ or similar systems languages.
  • Experience developing real-time systems where performance, determinism, and reliability are critical.
  • Strong understanding of concurrency, scalable system design, and performance optimization.
  • Solid background in data structures, algorithmic thinking, and efficient system architecture.
  • Experience analyzing and improving performance across compute, memory, and networking layers.
Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop the core infrastructure powering real-time trading execution.
  • Contribute to the architecture of systems responsible for order processing, market state, and trade execution.
  • Build high-throughput pipelines for orders, trades, and market data distribution.
  • Ensure systems remain predictable, resilient, and highly performant under heavy load.
  • Continuously improve performance, reliability, and system efficiency.
  • Work closely with research and product teams exploring new market structures and trading mechanics.
Technologies:
  • Backend
  • Support
  • Rust
  • Web3
  • C++
  • Network

More:

As a core member of a seed stage web3 company building real-time trading systems, with strong investor support

last updated 11 week of 2026

Salary

CHF 140'000 - 180'000 per year
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