Systems Engineer
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As a Systems Engineer at FalconX, you develop tooling and systems that power an institutional-grade digital asset prime brokerage platform. You join a cross-functional team of designers, product managers, traders, quants, and operations specialists to build next-generation trading infrastructure serving hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, banks, and other institutions globally.
What you'll do
- Develop tooling and systems to support trading activities, including pricing enhancements for derivatives, execution algorithms, infrastructure, and trading product development
- Collaborate across design, product management, traders, quants, and trade operations teams
- Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity
- Contribute to innovative products within the industry, such as correlation exotics and missing data volatility pricing
What you bring
- A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
- Proficiency in Python and preferably a low-level language and basics of a UI framework
- Familiarity with distributed systems
- Familiarity with derivative products or risk management frameworks
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, detail-oriented approach
- Ability to move quickly and adapt in a fast-moving environment
- Comfort working in a highly agile, iterative software development process
Nice to have
- Experience with exotic products
- Experience with numerical methods and optimization
- Experience with React
What we offer
- Salary of 45-60 Lacs PA
About FalconX
FalconX is an institutional-grade digital asset prime brokerage and trading platform providing deep liquidity, capital solutions, and advanced technology to help major financial players trade and manage crypto markets globally. The company offers 24/7 access to spot and derivatives trading, financing, custody, direct market access, ETF solutions, and integrated risk-managed execution across fragmented digital asset markets.
Context for this role
From the live jobs we track on CryptoJobsHQ, updated daily.
FalconX has 13 open roles on CryptoJobsHQ: 6 in Legal & Compliance, 4 in Engineering and 1 in Business Development. All are on-site or hybrid, mostly in the US and India. 2 were posted in the last 7 days. The median advertised base salary is $176k, from 10 listings that publish pay.
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