Senior Trading Systems Developer

Who are we? FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever- evolving cryptocurrency landscape. Location: New York City | Team: Trading Technology | Type: Full-Time As a market leader serving hedge funds, asset managers, and financial institutions, we are building a next-generation platform for high- and low-touch trading workflows across spot, derivatives, and structured products. The Role We’re looking for a Senior Trading Systems Developer with strong experience in low-latency Java and/or Rust to architect and build our next-generation trading applications and execution platform. This platform will be central to supporting complex electronic trading algos, such as automated market making and quant trading strategies.  You will work on the core components that sit on the hot path of our execution stack — including market-data ingestion, order management, risk checks, session control, and high-throughput venue connectivity.  You’ll be designing and developing scalable, low-latency components that are resilient under heavy load and tightly integrated with our execution stack and internal trading infrastructure. What You’ll Do Responsible for development of low latency services on Aeron , including OMS/EMS components, market-data pipelines, and venue gateway connectivity. Integrate with exchange APIs using FIX, REST, WebSocket , and venue-specific protocols. Model complex order lifecycles, state machines, and execution workflows into resilient, observable, fault-tolerant services. Design and maintain SBE message schemas and high-throughput message-bus communication on Aeron. Own full SDLC for your domain: design, test, ship, monitor Collaborate closely with quant, trading, infra, and data teams to ensure the execution stack meets performance, safety, and reliability targets. Operate in a fast-paced Agile environment, contributing to team structure, sprint planning, and execution cadence What We’re Looking For 5+ years of experience in trading systems, ideally with prior design ownership Strong background in Java (11+) and/or Rust , including performance profiling, concurrency, lock-free programming, GC tuning, or memory-safe systems design. Experience in building EMS and execution systems that operate in microseconds latency rang Deep understanding of order state machines, execution workflows, and institutional trade lifecycle mechanics Strong experience with Aeron or other high-throughput messaging frameworks. H