HFT Senior developer 

Remote | full time

Sparkland

At Sparkland, our mission is to create fairer, more efficient financial markets for everybody. Our proprietary algorithms trade 24/7 on most major exchanges (Binance, Coinbase) and increase market liquidity, making markets more efficient.

Sparkland is a lean team of highly driven and talented people with experience of developing and improving high-frequency trading algorithms for more than 10 years. We have become one of the most successful market-makers by consistently showing high trading volumes and participating in market-maker programs.

The high-frequency trading industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, and you can become part of it by joining one of trading’s most prominent leaders.

The role:

We are looking for a senior software engineer with experience in HFT and high-load applications. You will be working on developing and optimizing trading systems, algorithms and connections to cryptocurrency exchanges. If you have worked with systems where every millisecond counts, and everything needs to run fast and smoothly, you might be a good candidate for this role.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain connections to cryptocurrency exchanges and data providers, troubleshoot market data issues.
• Develop new features.
• Work together with different teams to ensure the correct behavior of algorithms and improve trading systems.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development.
• Experience in Python / C++ or Rust
• Experience working with high load applications
• Good understanding of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
• Knowledge and extensive experience with network protocols: REST, Websockets, FIX.
• Knowledge of financial markets and low latency/high-frequency systems. Experience in either some trading company or in a financial/crypto exchange.

Bonus points:

• Experience with Solidity, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++
• Experience with AWS, Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.

What we offer:

• Competitive Salary (8 - 15 k $ per month)
• Flexible working hours and a healthy work-life balance.
• Remote-first team with an opportunity to work on-site from our office in Dubai (relocation)
• Ability to work in a thriving, multicultural, and fun environment in one of the fastest-growing industries in the world.
• Corporate workations: we regularly go on corporate trips to cool places worldwide to get to know each other better, work, and explore the local culture (covid pandemics allowing).

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