The Opportunity

As a Backend Engineer on the Nascent engineering team, you will design and build the next generation of our world-class trading system. You’ll take ownership of critical components, including design, implementation, and maintenance, and integrate directly with financial exchanges. From developing backend architecture in Rust to rigorous code reviews and testing, you’ll champion quality engineering practices across your work. Along the way, you’ll bring structure to ambiguous problems, help shape system architecture and interface design, and serve as an integral partner to our trading team.

You’ll thrive in this role if you love having the freedom to move fast, think creatively, and solve tough problems with a builder’s mindset. You care deeply about doing things right without getting bogged down, you’re comfortable adapting quickly as requirements evolve, and you find as much joy in starting a project as you do in refining and optimizing it over time. If you’re excited to dive deep into Rust, contribute to complex and iterative system development, and help shape the future of trading and crypto, we’d love to work with you. This is a remote position with opportunities for in-person collaboration, requiring core working hours within 5 hours of Eastern Standard Time.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and build the next phase of a world-class trading system.
• Support development and implementation of a backend, microservice-driven, Rust architecture.
• Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, and apply and be a proponent of quality engineering practices.
• Use documentation and specifications to build integrations between selected exchanges and our internal systems.
• Take full ownership of multiple components including design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Bring clarity and structure to ambiguous problems, identifying key requirements and proposing actionable solutions.
• Contribute to system architecture and interface design.

About you

• You crave autonomy and agency to deliver against a shared vision and find real joy in providing solutions to complex problems
• You are resourceful and can toe the line between moving fast and breaking things and moving methodically to get things right the first time
• You are as excited by starting a project as you are completing, maintaining and continually optimizing it
• You proactively contribute creative ideas and novel approaches to product and engineering challenges, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
• You are extremely agile and have a strong ability to adapt quickly to evolving requirements.
• You thrive in less structured environments and are at your best when driving and delivering results with the freedom to build and execute your own plan

Preferred experience

• 2-8 years of full-time software engineering experience, ideally as a systems programmer (Rust, C++, GO). Bonus if you have experience with and/or interest in learning Rust.
• Experience beyond testing (e.g. quality processes, verification & validation)
• Experience building scalable, performant, production-level applications with regular release cycles
• Performance sensitive engineering including multi-threading, streaming data, and concurrency
• Distributed systems, micro services
• Experience building trading systems is a strong plus, with an interest in and enthusiasm for financial markets or the crypto space.

About Nascent…

Founded in 2020, Nascent exists to build, expand, and capture opportunity, in open markets and permissionless technologies. Building from a base of permanent capital, we deploy assets across a range of both liquid and long-term strategies that ensure we are among the most active users of the open financial system we are helping to build. We’ve made venture investments in 100+ early-stage teams that we believe have the potential to create substantive change, expand boundaries, and find new horizons. We are consistently on the hunt for the most competitive and curious minds exploring the edges of the crypto ecosystem and leverage our hyper flexible structure to accelerate ideas into fully deployed strategies.

Our Team & Culture

At Nascent, we are an interdisciplinary team of investors, builders & creators, capable of achieving more together than we can as individuals. We offer the opportunity to contribute to building the future global economic system with a world-class team and culture that pairs the freedom to explore, experiment & play with a competitive drive to win. We invest in our people by providing the autonomy to build, coupled with accountability & honest feedback to help learn, grow, perform & win. Our distributed team understands the value of in-person time—we encourage team members to come together for more frequent in-person work.

Principles that drive our team & work

• Compete to win
• Explore, experiment, play
• Always be building
• Seek and speak truth
• Own your shit.

What We Offer

At Nascent, we offer a competitive total compensation package heavily weighted toward bonus, ensuring that when we perform at our best and the firm wins we all win.

• The opportunity to learn, experiment and build in an entrepreneurial environment
• Remote and distributed working environment
• Comprehensive health benefits package including dental, vision, and life
• 16 weeks fully paid parental leave & supported return to work
• Home office setup and stipend or coworking space and wellness stipend
• Retirement plan matching contributions
• Open vacation policy as well as flexible work hours and location
• Team activities and in-person team retreats

We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity and differences of perspectives. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status, inclusive of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

About APF Company Limited

APF Company Limited is a Hong Kong headquartered blockchain ecosystem fund focused on strategic investments and active trading strategies in liquid cryptocurrency markets.

Overview

We’re seeking a talented Founding Quantitative Developer to join our Hong Kong team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in building and refining tools for cryptocurrency trading and blockchain integration. You’ll develop algorithms, integrate with decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, and optimize systems for performance. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your technical expertise in a high-impact role, with rewards tied to the team’s success in a dynamic market.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and deploy trading algorithms to seize opportunities in cryptocurrency markets, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• Integrate trading systems with DeFi protocols, developing secure smart contracts to enable automated strategies.
• Optimize low-latency infrastructure to support high-frequency trading in volatile market conditions. Monitor and enhance existing tools, proactively identifying areas for improvement to maintain a competitive edge.
• Collaborate with team members to design robust solutions, sharing insights to drive innovation. Keep pace with blockchain advancements, ensuring our systems align with evolving DeFi standards and protocols.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or Economics from a reputable institution.

Work Experience:

• 2-5 years in a related field.

Technical Skills:

• Strong programming skills in Python (required) and C++ or similar languages (preferred) in Linux-based environments.
• Experience with data structures, algorithms, and writing efficient, well-documented code. Knowledge of Solidity for smart contract development and familiarity with blockchain concepts (e.g., web3, decentralized networks).
• Comfort with APIs (e.g., REST, WebSocket) and cryptographic techniques for secure integrations. Blockchain & DeFi:
• Understanding of DeFi ecosystems, including protocols like Uniswap, Aave, or similar platforms. Ability to develop and audit smart contracts for reliability and security.

Mindset & Attributes:

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies, trading, and blockchain technology.
• Sharp analytical skills with a knack for solving complex technical challenges.
• Ability to thrive under pressure, adapting quickly to shifting priorities.
• Collaborative spirit, eager to contribute ideas and learn from others.
• Strong sense of ownership, delivering high-quality work with precision.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience trading cryptocurrencies or working with financial markets.
• Familiarity with high-frequency trading systems or market data analysis.
• Exposure to tools like SQL, bash, or cloud-based DevOps workflows.
• Contributions to open-source blockchain projects or a portfolio of DeFi-related work.

About us At Auros, we’re dedicated to advancing the cryptocurrency ecosystem through unparalleled liquidity and market-making services. We’re one of the largest participants in the market, trading across 10+ global locations, facilitating 3-4% of global daily volumes, and have connectivity to over 50 venues. What sets us apart, though, is our culture. We believe in hiring smart people and empowering them to do their best work. From day one you’ll have the autonomy and support to really excel. Our relentless focus on delivery drives us to continuously push boundaries and achieve exceptional results, all while offering abundant opportunities for personal and professional growth in the dynamic realm of digital assets. The Opportunity This is an opportunity to develop trading systems for crypto currencies in the rapidly evolving class of digital assets. You will work with our traders and other experienced developers on improving and adding to our core systems. These systems are predominantly written in python and C++. These systems have to process millions of transactions from dozens of different Cefi and Defi platforms around the world in dozens of currencies (fiat and crypto). The scale of this problem will present interesting technical challenges for you to work on, especially as we grow further as a company. Job Responsibilities

Develop trading system infrastructure in Python and C++ as directed Work with traders, middle office and other stakeholders to understand the core problems that each of the teams is facing, in both Cefi and Defi environments and design solutions Deploy trading system components into our production environment Be responsible for troubleshooting system issues as and when they occur Identify opportunities for system improvements Engage with the team during system design discussions, code reviews, trading idea brainstorms and daily office banter.

Who you are

A software engineer with 5+ years experience in developing clean, maintainable and performant code.  You have 3+ years experience developing in both python and C++ Good programming skills, with a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms You can find the balance between delivering clean, testable, reliable code and rapidly deploying new system features to take advantage of market opportunities You are reliable, take pride in delivering robust software and are willing to be on call to support the systems you develop You’re able to precisely articulate software concepts and designs You have a Bachelor's degree (or above) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar, with excellent results. A strong interest in finance and cryptocurrencies, and solving complicated puzzles that can arise in this line of business (Desirable skill)

What We Offer in Return

Opportunity to work at the forefront of the digital asset industry Remote and flexible work Autonomy and a flat structure means you can contribute your ideas from day one and help shape the foundation that will power our future business.

At Auros, we value nimbleness, drive for success, owner mentality, and collaboration. Join us in shaping the future of financial services across Asia and beyond!

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