Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join sFOX, a leading prime dealer in the crypto space, as a Senior Software Engineer on our Trading Infrastructure team. You will contribute to the development of scalable infrastructure processing millions of orders daily, providing cutting-edge services to high-end financial customers. This role requires proven expertise in designing and implementing trading systems, deep knowledge of order types and routing, and experience with high-performance, low-latency distributed systems. You will work on features to increase speed and functionality, collaborate with product management, and become an expert in our trading systems. The ideal candidate possesses 8-10 years of hands-on software engineering experience, with Golang expertise preferred. sFOX offers a remote-first work environment and a competitive salary.

Requirements

• Proven expertise in designing and implementing trading systems, whether in traditional finance or in the cryptocurrency ecosystem
• Deep knowledge of Order types and routing, exchange management and systems performance is required
• Experience building high performance, low latency distributed trading systems
• 8-10 years of hands on software engineering
• Self-starter, capable of handling projects from the idea phase all the way into customers' hands and beyond
• You take pride in code quality and test infrastructure while prioritizing execution speed, security, and the end-user experience over "cool tech."

Responsibilities

• Work on features to increase the speed and functionality of our trading infrastructure: whether it's new trading algorithms, exchange integrations, performance improvements, or new features for the platform
• Play an active role in helping our CTO office influence system architecture and roadmap
• Collaborate with our Product Management team to form a plan of attack for new features, optimize performance of services and write tests
• Grow to become an expert in understanding our entire trading systems and all associated services
• Use deductive reasoning to solve complex problems that potentially exist beyond the scope of your local environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Golang expertise is desirable, but equivalent frameworks such as C# and Java are applicable
• You have a passion for cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies
• Data manipulation - SQL and Snowflake is a plus

Benefits

• SFox is a remote first company
• The expected compensation range for this role is $180,000 - $210,000 annually and will commensurate with experience, qualifications and location