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Ant-Tech

Founding Engineer ( Rust Financial Infrastructure New York)

Ant-Tech New York, New York, United States · $200K–$300K/yr

Software Development · 11-50 employees

4 d ago
rust Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Founding Engineer will take co-founder-level ownership of the technical vision for an on-chain institutional FX hedging platform. They will be responsible for building and shipping the core infrastructure from the ground up.

What they look for

Rust Financial Infrastructure Trading Systems Derivatives Risk Systems Clearing Settlement Market Infrastructure High-performance Systems Protocol Security Smart Contract Security DeFi AI Agents Agentic Orchestration DevOps

Requirements

Candidates must have expert-level Rust experience and a background as a former founder, CTO, or founding engineer. Experience in financial, trading, or core infrastructure is essential for this role.

Full description

Tasks

📍 New York, USA | Hybrid | Permanent

We are looking for a Founding Engineer to take co-founder-level ownership of the technical vision and help build an on-chain institutional FX hedging platform from the ground up.

🔥 Key Requirements

  • Expert-level Rust — MUST
  • Strong experience in financial, trading, or core infrastructure
  • Former Founder / CTO / Founding Engineer
  • Experience building and shipping with AI agents / agentic orchestration
  • Comfortable working in a highly ambitious, early-stage startup environment
  • Willing to relocate to NYC
  • Experience with DevOps is a strong plus

Requirements

Ideal Background

We are particularly interested in engineers with experience in:

  • Derivatives margin & netting
  • Trading infrastructure / HFT
  • Clearing infrastructure
  • DCO / DCM infrastructure
  • Protocol security / smart contract security
  • DeFi
  • Kernel / Compiler / Operating Systems
  • Physics engines

🎯 Strong Candidate Profiles

Examples include engineers who have worked on:

  • Core financial infrastructure
  • Trading systems and exchange infrastructure
  • Derivatives and risk systems
  • Clearing, settlement and market infrastructure
  • High-performance Rust systems
  • Protocol security and infrastructure

Must-have: Expert-level Rust experience + previous founder, CTO, or founding engineer experience.

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