Principal Engineer

Description :

Principal Engineer - Low-Latency Systems , Crypto & Multi-Asset Markets

Role Overview :

Our Client is a global leader in next-generation financial technologies, creating cutting-edge digital marketplaces, trading platforms, and fintech ecosystems that enable seamless price discovery and transaction efficiency across industries.

Our Client is seeking a Principal Engineer to architect, design, and optimize next-generation low-latency trading and analytics engines across crypto and multi-asset markets. This role demands deep technical expertise in high-performance systems, a passion for innovation, and the ability to collaborate closely with quantitative researchers, traders, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, fault-tolerant, and future-ready infrastructure.

Must Haves :

- Architect & Optimize Low-Latency Systems : Design and enhance ultra-fast real-time data pipelines-covering ingestion, feature engineering, signal generation, and execution layers.

- Exchange Connectivity : Build and maintain high-performance modules for exchange connectivity using WebSocket and FIX protocols.

- Data Infrastructure : Manage time-series databases, distributed storage, and high-throughput systems optimized for financial workloads.

- Accelerated Computing : Implement GPU/FPGA acceleration and hybrid AI/ML-quantum computing (QC) modules for performance edge.

- Reliability & Resilience : Ensure end-to-end system resilience, monitoring, and fault-tolerant production deployments with ultra-low-latency benchmarks.

- Technical Leadership : Lead engineering teams, define best practices, and drive adoption of emerging technologies across the trading stack.

Core Technical Skills :

- Advanced programming in C / Rust / Go / Python on Linux systems.

- Expertise in time-series databases, data compression, and synchronization techniques.

- Strong command of distributed systems, GPU/FPGA acceleration, and network optimization.

- Familiarity with quantum SDKs and hybrid computational architectures.

- Prior hands-on experience in HFT, proprietary trading, or crypto exchange infrastructure is highly desirable.

Performance Indicators (KPIs) :

- Reduction in system latency and infra costs vs performance gains.

- Robust uptime and fault tolerance across deployments.

- Speed of technology adoption and successful integration into production.

- Quality of latency dashboards, monitoring, and observability systems.

This role is designed for technology leaders who thrive on speed, precision, and innovation-shaping the future of trading infrastructure in one of the fastest-evolving domains.

Qualifications & Experience :

- Experience : 8-12 years in software engineering, specializing in low-latency or high-frequency trading systems.

- Domain Expertise : Minimum 8 years within trading, HFT, or low-latency financial infrastructure.

- Leadership : Proven experience leading development teams and delivering mission-critical systems.

- B.Tech / M.Tech in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, IT, or Applied Mathematics from IITs, NITs, IIITs, BITS, or equivalent Tier-1 institutes.

- M.Sc / M.Tech in Data Science, Computational Mathematics, or Statistics with strong programming background.

Performance Indicators :

- Reduction in system latency and infra costs vs performance gains.

- Robust uptime and fault tolerance across deployments.

- Speed of technology adoption and successful integration into production.

- Quality of latency dashboards, monitoring, and observability systems.

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