Founding Platform Engineer

About the role

A first engineering hire for a mobile-first crypto trading product, owning the whole platform architecture from data and rewards to reliability at high trading volumes.

What you will do

• Take full ownership of the core platform, covering the data layer, rewards engine, alerts, APIs and uptime.
• Wire in perpetual trading through Hyperliquid and spot trading via Jupiter and Relay.
• Merge data from several conflicting providers into one consistent source of truth.
• Build caching and fan-out designs that keep heavy data fast under traffic surges.
• Design cross-chain handling so a single USDC balance works seamlessly across networks.
• Keep the system stable and responsive during peak market volatility.

What they look for

• Record of keeping high-stakes systems running through heavy traffic spikes and planning graceful degradation.
• Experience with financial rewards and accounting systems that handle retries, idempotency and precise lot tracking.
• Understanding of end-to-end latency budgets from user tap to screen render.
• Strong Rust development ability.
• Comfort working remotely and asynchronously across North American or European time zones.

Benefits

• Top-market base salary with meaningful equity upside.
• Fully remote setup with flexible schedules and high autonomy.