# Senior Backend Engineer (Trading Infrastructure) at Ondo Finance

- Company: Ondo Finance
- What the company does: Ondo Finance develops a cryptocurrency trading platform that makes decentralized finance, providing users with a choice between downside protection and higher returns. Backed by Digital Currency Group.
- Company website: https://ondo.finance
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ondofinance/jobs/4339926009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ondo-finance-senior-backend-engineer-trading-infrastructure/

## About the role

As a Backend Engineer on Ondo's market making team, you'll build and scale the infrastructure behind our trading stack - real-time systems that quote and hedge tokenized markets 24/7 across on-chain and traditional venues. This is a small, senior team, working in Rust and Go, with high ownership over live production risk.

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years of backend software engineering experience, with strong programming ability in Go or Rust, and willingness to work in both
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, and building services that run under real-time or latency-sensitive conditions
- Experience integrating with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), third-party services, and high-throughput, production-critical systems
- Demonstrated interest in Web3, DeFi, or trading systems—whether through professional experience or side projects
- Familiarity with market microstructure or order execution is a plus, but not required
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with high ambiguity and high ownership over live production risk

Tags: Software Engineering