Algorithm Engineer in APAC

Senior Strategy Developer - Up to $250k base + disc bonus (100-200%+)

We are a leading proprietary trading firm specializing in high-frequency trading across global digital asset markets. Operating 24/7/365, our team spans multiple continents and consists of top-tier talent, driving innovation and efficiency in our strategies. We are a major participant in the industry, executing a significant share of global market volume.

What You’ll Do:

This is an opportunity to develop and enhance trading strategies within cryptocurrency markets. You will collaborate closely with a trader based in Asia, making it ideal for candidates located in Asia or a compatible timezone. This is a fully remote role, providing flexibility in location.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Strategy Development – Identify trading opportunities, design, and optimize high-frequency trading and market-making strategies while ensuring risk management and liquidity provision.
• Automation & Monitoring – Develop and improve automated monitoring systems for 24/7/365 trading operations.
• Software Development – Build and maintain high-performance C++ and Python applications for market data processing and order execution.
• Codebase Management – Work on existing trading infrastructure and contribute to new system developments.
• Cross-Team Collaboration – Work closely with trading, development, and business teams to refine strategies and trading infrastructure.
• Trading Oversight – Monitor algorithmic trading strategies, ensuring optimal performance from a risk, profitability, and execution perspective.
• Technical Enhancement – Identify areas for improvement in trading systems and architecture and contribute to overall performance optimizations.
• Team Engagement – Participate in discussions on system design, code reviews, trading idea brainstorming, and broader technical initiatives.

Requirements:

• Proven experience developing high-performance trading strategies in traditional financial markets or digital assets, with a focus on market making and low-latency execution.
• Deep understanding of low-latency trading algorithms, market-making mechanics, and arbitrage strategies.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience writing high-performance, maintainable, and scalable C++ code on Linux.
• Experience designing and optimizing distributed systems for high-throughput, latency-sensitive trading.
• Strong balance between writing clean, testable code and rapidly deploying new system features to capture market opportunities.
• A proactive approach to reliability and system robustness, including willingness to provide support for deployed solutions.

Highly Desirable:

• Expertise in network programming, including UDP, TCP, TLS, and WebSockets.
• Experience with C++ performance profiling tools such as Cachegrind, Valgrind, or similar.
• Hands-on experience configuring and monitoring Linux environments.
• Knowledge of inter-process messaging using shared memory.
• Familiarity with cloud computing infrastructure such as AWS.