Raven is a proprietary trading firm providing liquidity across crypto, prediction markets, and global financial venues. Our traders, engineers, and researchers build automated systems that operate across centralized exchanges, DeFi protocols, and emerging financial infrastructure.We are a small, highly driven team working in one of the fastest markets in finance. If you want to build and see your work impact real markets, we'd like to hear from you.About the roleThis is not a typical backend role. You'll be working close to the metal - profiling systems, shaving microseconds, and building infrastructure where performance is the product. Your work will directly impact latency, throughput, and the performance of our trading infrastructure.What you'll work on
Developing and optimizing ultra-low-latency systemsCPU, memory, and I/O profiling to improve performanceReducing tick-to-trade latency across the full stackNetwork stack performance and system efficiencyBuilding performance-critical components in Rust or C++Collaborating with traders and engineers to identify and eliminate bottlenecks
What we're looking for
Strong experience in low-level systems programmingSolid understanding of operating systems and networkingExperience with performance-critical systemsProficiency in Rust or C++Ability to write efficient, deterministic codeInterest in performance optimization and system design
Nice to have
Experience in trading, gaming, or high-performance computingFamiliarity with kernel internals or advanced networking
Why Raven
Work on systems operating in real financial marketsSolve complex performance problems with immediate impactCollaborate closely with traders and engineersSee your work directly influence trading outcomes - in latency numbers, not quarterly reviews
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