Principal Backend Engineer - Low Latency / Exchange infrastructure

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  • Location NY, USA
  • Job Type Permanent
  • Posted June 3, 2026

Backend Engineer (Low Latency / Exchange Infrastructure)

Mandate

Seeking backend engineers with experience building or maintaining latency-sensitive infrastructure and exchange connectivity systems.

This is a systems/infrastructure role rather than a quant research role.

Core Responsibilities

  • Maintain and improve exchange connectivity
  • Build scalable trading infrastructure
  • Expand integrations across venues
  • Optimise latency-sensitive systems
  • Improve reliability and performance of live trading stack
  • Support scaling from current venues toward ~10 exchange connections

Target Venues

Current:

  • Kalshi
  • Polymarket
  • CME

Long-term:

  • Multi-exchange global trading infrastructure