[Hiring] Senior / Staff Software Engineer @Clear Street

Role Description

The mission of the Clear Street Active team is to provide best execution for every asset class in every market. Active is currently building a new, state-of-the-art, cloud-based trading platform providing high-performance traders access to liquidity venues across multiple asset classes, cutting-edge charting capabilities, and sophisticated order handling with the flexibility to service both the active trader and institutional workflows.

• 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.

Qualifications

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

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• The opportunity to join a small and growing team of good people, where you can make a difference.
• A new, high-quality code base with little technical debt and room to build new services and features.
• A meritocratic philosophy that champions collaboration.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and perks.
• Base Salary Range: $170,000 - $240,000.
• Competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance.
• In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.