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Core Systems Engineer

Clera

Skills

Required

  • trading / payments / exchange infrastructure
  • systems engineering
  • Rust
  • C++

Preferred

  • order management / risk engine / ledger
  • financial markets / crypto / fintech
  • ledger capabilities

Join an early-stage fintech team building reliable trading infrastructure and an AI-powered platform for traders. You will develop core systems that support safe, dependable trading operations.

Responsibilities

  • Build and improve order handling systems, risk rules, and ledger capabilities.
  • Design and scale performance-sensitive systems for production workloads.
  • Help shape the platform's core technology as the product and company grow.

Requirements

  • Eight or more years of systems engineering experience and strong software fundamentals.
  • Proficiency in Rust or strong C++, with experience working across both languages a plus.
  • Experience building low-latency, correctness-critical systems, such as trading, payments, or exchange infrastructure.

Preferred

  • Experience scaling production systems under real workloads; order management, risk engine, or ledger experience is valuable.
  • Background in trading, financial markets, crypto, or fintech is a plus.

Pay

Salary range: $100,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Meaningful equity is offered. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

Remote, with a primary location in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.