Superstate · 1 month ago
Principal Backend Engineer - HFT/Ultra Low Latency
New York City
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expSuperstate is a company focused on creating investment products that leverage blockchain tokenization. The Principal Backend Engineer will be responsible for building ultra-low latency trading infrastructure, working on high-performance systems that integrate traditional HFT techniques with blockchain technology.
BlockchainFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Build ultra-low latency trading engines and execution systems in Rust
Design and implement high-performance order matching and routing systems
Optimize system architecture for microsecond-level latency requirements
Build out APIs and integrations with exchanges and liquidity providers
Lead performance profiling, benchmarking, and optimization efforts
Enthusiastically collaborate with a small team, owning and planning projects for long-term impact
Teach and mentor other engineers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
10+ years of professional engineering experience
Expert-level Rust experience with focus on zero-copy operations, lock-free programming, and memory optimization
Deep experience building ultra-low latency trading systems (HFT/high-frequency trading)
Deep understanding of network protocols, kernel bypass techniques, and hardware acceleration
Proven track record optimizing for sub-millisecond latencies in production trading environments
Experience with CPU pinning and low-level performance tuning
Familiarity with SQL, query planning and optimization
Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills with a strong analytical mindset
Preferred
FPGA programming or hardware acceleration
Market data feed handlers and order management systems
Pulumi or Terraform
AWS - RDS, EC2, ECS, Kubernetes
Cloudflare
Postgres
Docker
Familiarity with the current DeFi ecosystem
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Equity ownership
Flexible vacation policy
Paid parental leave
Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
Company
Superstate
Superstate is a developer of legal and blockchain-based financial solutions.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$18M2023-11-15Series A· $14M
2023-06-15Seed· $4M
Leadership Team
Dean Swennumson
Co-Founder, Head of Operations
Jim Hiltner
Co-founder, Head of Business Development
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