- Posted 14 May 2025
- Salary $180000.00
- LocationLos Angeles
- Job type Permanent
- DisciplineBlockchain
- Reference61514
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Staff-level Rust Backend Engineer | Bitcoin Infrastructure (Los Angeles)
We're working with a seed-stage Bitcoin infrastructure company backed by some of the biggest names in crypto, fintech, and capital markets. They're building a decentralized exchange layer for Bitcoin, not just wrapping BTC on other chains, but settling natively on Bitcoin itself.
Their mission is to restore financial sovereignty by bringing Bitcoin trading on-chain without relying on centralized custodians. It’s a first-of-its-kind infrastructure play, built from the ground up with performance, security, and real-world usability in mind.
The Role
They’re looking for a Rust backend engineer to join their small, senior team and take ownership of key systems behind two core products.
You’ll focus on building low-latency, high-throughput systems that power non-custodial trading and support sophisticated market participants like HFTs and market makers, as well as regular users.
Core responsibilities:
Requirements
Bonus
Why this team?
This is a rare opportunity to work on something technically ambitious and mission-aligned. You'll join a lean, technical founding team, work closely with experts in Bitcoin scalability, and ship features that will redefine how BTC is traded on-chain.
If you're a Rust engineer who thrives on complex systems and believes Bitcoin deserves a trustless, permissionless exchange layer, this might be your next move.
Staff Backend Engineer - Hybrid Paying up to $180k
Job description
Staff-level Rust Backend Engineer | Bitcoin Infrastructure (Los Angeles)
We're working with a seed-stage Bitcoin infrastructure company backed by some of the biggest names in crypto, fintech, and capital markets. They're building a decentralized exchange layer for Bitcoin, not just wrapping BTC on other chains, but settling natively on Bitcoin itself.
Their mission is to restore financial sovereignty by bringing Bitcoin trading on-chain without relying on centralized custodians. It’s a first-of-its-kind infrastructure play, built from the ground up with performance, security, and real-world usability in mind.
The Role
They’re looking for a Rust backend engineer to join their small, senior team and take ownership of key systems behind two core products.
You’ll focus on building low-latency, high-throughput systems that power non-custodial trading and support sophisticated market participants like HFTs and market makers, as well as regular users.
Core responsibilities:
- Architect and implement performant orderbook and trade-matching systems
- Design distributed account models and reputational mechanisms
- Build robust frameworks for uptime, fault tolerance, and security
- Collaborate on protocol-level design choices and system trade-offs
- Ship features that will help unlock true on-chain BTC liquidity
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience writing production-grade software
- 3+ years building and scaling backend systems
- Strong proficiency in Rust
- Deep interest in Bitcoin and self-custody, maybe you own BTC and care about the problem
- Must be based in the US
Bonus
- Experience with trading systems or exchanges
- Knowledge of distributed systems, consensus, or low-level performance optimization
- Exposure to zero-knowledge, cryptographic protocols, or Bitcoin Layer 2s
Why this team?
This is a rare opportunity to work on something technically ambitious and mission-aligned. You'll join a lean, technical founding team, work closely with experts in Bitcoin scalability, and ship features that will redefine how BTC is traded on-chain.
If you're a Rust engineer who thrives on complex systems and believes Bitcoin deserves a trustless, permissionless exchange layer, this might be your next move.