Lead Exchange Connectivity Engineer
Full-service digital-asset trading and technology firm providing liquidity solutions, institutional OTC trading, tokenized-market infrastructure, and strategic digital-asset investment.
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About Flowdesk
Flowdesk operates institutional digital-asset market infrastructure and trading services, combining proprietary execution algorithms, risk management, global venue connectivity, liquidity provision, OTC spot/derivatives/credit trading, and tokenized-asset liquidity. Its clients include institutions, token issuers, exchanges, and professional market participants. The website is operated by Flowdesk SAS, headquartered in Paris, France.
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About the Role
Lead exchange connectivity end to end by designing, building, and operating feed handlers across connected venues. Plan and deliver connectivity go-lives, debug complex production issues, make architectural decisions, set integration standards, mentor engineers, and contribute to HFT infrastructure where connectivity and execution overlap.
Requirements
- Extensive production crypto feed-handler experience across multiple venues at an institutional firm
- Deep understanding of market-data feed handling, order-lifecycle management, and multi-feed aggregation
- At least 2 years of Rust experience across synchronous and asynchronous code
- Demonstrable low-latency Rust development experience or at least 5 years of C++ experience in a low-latency environment
- Strong understanding of HTTP, WebSocket, and TCP/IP
- Understanding of the full go-live cycle, from integration and UAT through production cutover and support
- Experience leading multiple venue migrations end to end, including rollback procedures and minimising trading disruption
- Experience managing exchange-driven changes, upgrade lifecycles, and rapid go-live pressures
- Experience with AI-first development workflows, AI harness engineering, and quality assurance
- Technical leadership or team-lead experience
- Professional proficiency in English
Responsibilities
- Own the design, build, and operation of feed handlers across connected venues
- Lead connectivity go-lives, including planning, staging, testing, cutover, and post-launch support
- Debug complex production connectivity issues across exchange protocols and internal systems
- Set technical standards for exchange integration
- Mentor engineers working on connectivity components
- Contribute to HFT infrastructure where connectivity and execution overlap
Benefits
- 100% health coverage
- Team events and offsites
- Company Pension scheme
- Learning and Development budget
Hiring Process
Stage 1: First-round interview with Talent Acquisition. Stage 2: Take-home assignment and online technical screen. Stage 3: Interview with Head of Core Engineering or CTO. Stage 4: Online CoderPad interview with the HFT team. Stage 5: In-person technical interview covering live coding, data structures and algorithms, and background and goals. Stage 6: Round-up meeting with Head of Talent Strategy.