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dYdX

Decentralized perpetuals exchange on blockchain

New York City, NYHybrid51-200crypto & web3Series C
About

dYdX builds a decentralized exchange for perpetual contracts, margin, and spot trading on blockchain. It serves advanced crypto traders with deep liquidity, low fees, and high-performance order books. The platform uses Cosmos SDK for its chain and processes billions in daily volume.

Tech stack
network programmingSassPostgreSQLorder book dataModeRustJavaScriptData WarehousingAWSExpressOrder BookEthereumMatching EngineKafkaTypeScriptPythonNode.jsReduxReactSQL
Perks & benefits
Health insurance401k matchHome office stipend
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Open roles · 7
dYdX

Senior Mobile Engineer

Build and maintain a production React Native mobile trading app. Own features end-to-end, collaborate with PMs/designers/backend, and mentor engineers. Requires 5+ years experience and strong mobile architecture skills.

210k – 270kNew York, NYMobile EngineeringHybrid5+ YOEiOSRedux
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Research Lead

Leads research on market structure, protocol design, incentives, and user behavior for a DeFi protocol. Collaborates with engineering and growth teams, owns data infrastructure, and produces thought leadership. Requires 4+ years technical experience and blockchain data expertise.

220k – 270kNew York, NYHybrid4+ YOESQLDune
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Lead Trading Infrastructure Engineer

Leads design, build, and scaling of decentralized trading infrastructure including matching engine, risk systems, and order book using CosmosSDK. Requires 8+ years backend experience in high-frequency trading or exchange systems with strong systems programming skills.

230k – 305kNew York, NYDevOps / SREHybrid8+ YOEGoC++
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Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

Develop and enhance frontend web applications for a decentralized exchange, building responsive UIs with React and Redux while integrating Ethereum blockchain technologies. Requires 3+ years experience, strong JavaScript skills, and collaboration with design/backend teams.

210k – 270kNew York, NYFrontend EngineeringHybrid3+ YOECSSHTML
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Staff Software Engineer

Build and architect low-latency financial trading software, order matching engines, and blockchain protocols for high-volume decentralized trading. Requires 5+ years experience with Node.js backend services, AWS, Terraform, and PostgreSQL.

230k – 305kNew York, NYFullstack EngineeringHybrid5+ YOES3AWS
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Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Build high-performance backend systems for decentralized finance trading platform, including order matching engines, APIs, and blockchain integrations. Requires 5+ years experience with TypeScript, Node.js, databases, and strong CS fundamentals.

210k – 270kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringHybrid5+ YOERedisKafka
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Software Engineer - Backend

Build low-latency backend systems for high-volume crypto trading, including order matching engines, blockchain protocol code, and APIs. Requires 2+ years experience, strong coding skills, and Bachelor's in CS or related.

180k – 240kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringHybrid2+ YOEPythonNode.js