Lead Trading Infrastructure Engineer
dYdX
Other Engineering
New York, NY, USA
USD 230k-305k / year
Posted on Apr 14, 2026
Lead Trading Infrastructure Engineer
New York, NY
Engineering
Hybrid
Full-time
At dYdX you'll have an opportunity to build state-of-the-art decentralized technologies that will redefine global financial markets. By joining us at this stage in our growth, you will help make fundamental decisions that will shape the course of dYdX.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, build, and scale decentralized matching engine, risk system, and limit order book for blockchain protocol using CosmosSDK along with its surrounding backend systems
- Provide technical guidance and leadership in navigating tradeoffs (architecture, timeline, etc.)
- Ensure best practices within the engineering team through guidance on architecture, code reviews, performance, testing, efficiency, and other engineering excellence improvements
- Collaborate with engineers, designers, researchers and product managers to turn requirements into products and lead the execution end-to-end
- Mentor and develop junior engineers
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years experience working as a backend software engineer
- Experience with trading system development at a mid/high frequency firm writing code to communicate with exchanges (i.e. order entry and low latency feed handlers)
- And/or experience working on exchange infrastructure, dealing with low latency order intake, risk checks, and matching
- Strong experience in a systems programming language and network programming knowledge
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and software architectures, excellent coding skills, strong CS fundamentals, and strong debugging capabilities
- Fast learner who can quickly master new technologies
Salary range for this role is $230K to $305K USD (NY). Compensation subject to experience and location. Published salary bands pursuant to transparency laws, and do not include possible variable compensation such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentive.
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