What are the responsibilities and job description for the Founding Engineer position at Plexus Resource Solutions?
Plexus has teamed with a stealth startup building the world’s most unique exchange an ultra-low latency matching engine and high-frequency trading logic on a single silicon device.
Launching first in crypto (BTC & ETH spot/perps), the company will expand into equities and other asset classes, offering nanosecond-level proximity between traders and the exchange.
The Role
As Founding Principal Hardware Engineer, you’ll lead the design and production of a fully hardware-integrated exchange and trading system — first via AWS F2 FPGA instances, then custom ASICs. You’ll also help embed ML-based α models for in-sync price prediction.
What You’ll Do
- Build and optimize ultra-low latency exchange systems on FPGA/ASIC
- Design co-located trading logic and integrate quant strategies
- Collaborate on ML-based price prediction models (α) and data pipelines
- Contribute to open-source models, infrastructure, and architecture decisions
Requirements
- Strong SystemVerilog and FPGA/ASIC design experience
- Proficiency in Rust and/or C
- Background in HFT or trading infrastructure is a huge Bonus!
- Familiarity with Protobuf and real-time systems
- Passion for markets and learning fast
Why Join?
- Build the world’s fastest exchange infrastructure
- Help democratize HFT with an open-source, zero-fee model
- Shape the future of trading across asset classes
Base Equity
This role is on-site in Redwood City
If you’re interested please share your CV to Jayden.lazarus@plexusrs.com or TG: @JaydenLaz_12
Salary : $150,000 - $220,000