Senior / Staff Software Engineer

About the role

Build and scale mission-critical order and execution management infrastructure in Rust, including order workflows, execution logic, and distributed trading services.

• Design systems that balance low-latency execution, fault tolerance, and strict correctness guarantees across distributed trading workflows
• Shape the architecture and engineering direction of a rapidly evolving trading platform in a fast-moving, iterative environment
• Develop efficient, audit-ready risk controls and venue-specific trading abstractions with a focus on correctness and performance
• Translate evolving regulatory and market structure requirements (CAT, Reg NMS, MiFID) into reliable, testable platform capabilities

What we value

• Engineers who are biased toward action and can make thoughtful trade off decisions with incomplete information
• High ownership and accountability across the full software lifecycle
• Strong communication and collaboration across engineering, trading, and operations
• A willingness to challenge assumptions and continuously improve how we build

Requirements

• Expertise in event‑driven architectures and distributed systems (Kafka, Aeron, or similar)
• Expert at domain‑driven data modeling and design

Nice to haves

• Experience with production Rust
• Deep knowledge of order lifecycles and capital‑markets workflows (buy‑side EMS, sell‑side OMS, or exchange matching)
• Track record of converting regulatory or compliance requirements into reliable, testable code
• Experience with high-performance messaging protocols; e.g. IPC, multicast, Aeron
• Deep knowledge of protocols like FIX, ITCH, or OUCH
• Experience with a variety of asset classes, including options, futures, crypto
• Familiarity with international markets and global system design

Tech stack

Rust, Aeron, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, gRPC, Snowflake

Benefits

• Company equity
• 401k matching
• Gender neutral parental leave
• Full medical, dental and vision insurance
• Lunch stipends
• Fully stocked kitchens
• Happy hours
• Great location and amazing views

Pay

Base Salary Range: $170,000 - $240,000. This range represents Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation. The range stated does not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses or equity.