Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build and scale mission-critical order and execution management infrastructure in Rust, including order workflows and distributed trading services
• Design systems that balance low-latency execution, fault tolerance, and strict correctness guarantees
• Shape the architecture and engineering direction of a rapidly evolving trading platform
• Develop efficient, audit-ready risk controls and venue-specific trading abstractions
• Translate regulatory and market structure requirements (CAT, Reg NMS, MiFID) into reliable platform capabilities

Requirements

• Expertise in event-driven architectures and distributed systems (Kafka, Aeron, or similar)
• Expert at domain-driven data modeling and design
• Strong ownership and accountability across the full software lifecycle
• Ability to make thoughtful trade-off decisions in a fast-moving environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with production Rust
• Deep knowledge of order lifecycles and capital markets workflows (EMS, OMS, or exchange matching)
• Experience with high-performance messaging protocols (IPC, multicast, Aeron)
• Knowledge of financial protocols such as FIX, ITCH, or OUCH
• Experience with various asset classes including options, futures, or crypto

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and company equity
• 401k matching
• Gender-neutral parental leave
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Opportunity to work on a high-quality, modern codebase with minimal technical debt

About the Company

Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, we are building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today's complex, global markets. Our platform is fully integrated with central clearing houses and exchanges to support billions in trading volume per day.