Senior Trading Systems Developer – Electronic Trading (Java/Rust)
FalconXNew York, New York, United States
Posted September 16, 2025
179000 - 242000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
FalconX is a leading digital asset prime brokerage for institutional clients, offering 24/7 access to global cryptocurrency liquidity and capital solutions. Our proprietary technology supports the full trade lifecycle, providing a unique platform for institutional trading of digital assets.
Job Description
FalconX is seeking a Senior Trading Systems Developer to architect and build its next-generation Order Management System and electronic trading execution platform. This platform will be critical for supporting complex electronic trading workflows in the cryptocurrency market, connecting institutional investors to global crypto markets. The role focuses on scalable, low-latency system design, integration with execution stacks, and ensuring system resilience in a high-availability environment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience designing and building distributed trading systems
- Expertise in Java and Rust for performance-critical systems.
- Experience building or significantly contributing to an Order Management System (OMS) or Execution Management System (EMS)
- Solid understanding of order state transitions, event-driven architecture, and low-latency system design.
- Experience with WebSocket, REST, FIX, and OpenSSL at the protocol level.
- Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and memory management
- Familiarity with cloud-native environments, performance tuning, and system observability