Low latency technologist - Fifth Row Technologies｜Meet.jobs

Description

Are you a natural programmer with a deep understanding of hardware? Do you love writing lightning-fast code that plays the L1/L2 caches like a symphony? At Fifth Row, we’re developing derivative exchange technologies performant far beyond existing solutions to disrupt a multi-billion dollar market, backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital.

In this role you’ll help improve the heart of our exchange technology, focusing on our matching engines, position/risk auditing and persistence capabilities.

Objectives

● Build history’s fastest and safest exchange backend platform
● Develop core functionality for users spanning hedge funds, HFTs and retail traders
● Grow alongside an exciting team of technologists, industry experts and quants

Essential

● Low level / systems development experience ideally in C/C++/C#, Java, Go, Rust, etc.
● Exceptional programming skills evidenced through, e.g. olympiad participation, topcoder, and open source contributions
● Intellectual curiosity and drive to anticipate and solve challenging technological problems

Desirable

● Experience working at a high frequency trading firm
● Rust programming experience
● kdb/q experience