Backend Engineer (HFT / Low-Latency Systems)

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EU, UK, North AmericaFull-TimeBlockchain, Finance

Company:pod network

Location:EU, UK, North America

Languages:English

Seniority level:Senior

Skills:

BlockchainC++AlgorithmsData StructuresGoRustMicroservicesNetworkingSoftware Engineering

Requirements:

Experience building or optimizing HFT systems, exchange matching engines, or low-latency trading infra Strong systems background (Rust, C++, or Go) Deep understanding of concurrency, networking, and performance profiling Experience with blockchains, consensus, or distributed systems (Bonus)

Responsibilities:

Design and implement latency-critical components of the pod L1 and order book engine Optimize network pipelines, serialization, and state access for deterministic performance Contribute to new protocol primitives for timestamped execution and atomic batch auctions Collaborate with researchers on incentive design and cross-domain settlement models