Software Engineer, Digital Asset Infrastructure

Software Engineer, Digital Asset Infrastructure

London

Work on Real-Time Systems Behind Automated Crypto Markets

This position is focused on building infrastructure for high-speed trading in decentralized markets. The work sits at the intersection of backend engineering, distributed systems, and blockchain technology.

You’ll be developing software that interacts directly with live networks and market protocols, helping improve execution quality, reliability, and operational visibility across a sophisticated trading environment.

The role is hands-on, technical, and heavily execution-oriented. Engineers here are expected to move comfortably between low-level optimization work, backend architecture, and protocol integrations.

What You’d Be Doing

• Design backend services that connect to blockchain networks and market venues
• Build internal tooling used for execution, monitoring, analytics, and system health
• Improve performance across systems handling live trading activity and high-throughput data flows
• Develop integrations with decentralized exchanges, validators, and protocol infrastructure
• Investigate production issues, reduce system bottlenecks, and improve resiliency
• Contribute to architecture decisions across trading and infrastructure systems

The Environment

This is a small engineering-heavy team working on technically difficult problems with fast feedback loops. Engineers are trusted with meaningful ownership early and are expected to contribute beyond narrow role boundaries.

The work is practical and production-focused. Ideas are tested quickly, systems are iterated on constantly, and engineers are encouraged to challenge assumptions when better solutions exist.

You’ll spend time close to:

• blockchain infrastructure
• distributed systems
• low-latency services
• market mechanics
• observability and performance tooling
• automated execution systems

Who Usually Does Well Here

People who enjoy solving complex technical problems without a lot of process overhead tend to thrive in this environment.

Strong candidates often have:

• several years of backend or systems engineering experience
• strong foundations in computer science fundamentals
• experience writing performant, maintainable production code
• comfort debugging concurrency, networking, or reliability issues
• the ability to ramp up quickly in unfamiliar technical areas

Technical Background

Experience with Rust is valuable, though engineers from other systems-oriented backgrounds are also considered.

Common languages include:

• Rust
• C++
• Go
• Java
• Kotlin
• C#

Experience with Python or scripting for tooling and automation is also useful.

Helpful Experience

None of the following are strict requirements, but they’re relevant to the work:

• crypto infrastructure or blockchain integrations
• smart contracts or on-chain applications
• trading systems or exchange connectivity
• distributed systems at scale
• monitoring and observability platforms
• cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling
• quantitative or mathematically intensive environments

Team Style

The culture is collaborative, direct, and highly technical. People are expected to think independently, communicate clearly, and contribute wherever they can add value.

There’s very little interest in hierarchy or internal politics. The focus is on building reliable systems and continuously improving them.

Compensation and Location

• Hybrid schedule in either New York or London
• Compensation includes a strong base plus performance-driven upside based on impact and contribution