# Monaco Trading - Founding Engineer (DeFi) at deCircle

> Hybrid · United States · Unspecified · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/recruitee%3Adecircletalentpartner%3A2447563 (read 2026-11-08).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [deCircle](https://alderhq.app/companies/decircle)
- Location text: New York, New York, United States
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Hybrid · United States (evidence: "Location: New York, New York, United States")
- Posted: 2026-01-29 (282 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-04 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://talent.makerdao.network/o/monaco-trading-founding-engineer-defi
- Skills listed (inferred): TypeScript, Rust, Distributed systems

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Market band for similar posted roles (New York, n 621): p25 $145k, median $180k, p75 $225k

## Description (the employer's text)

### About Monaco

Sub-millisecond execution. Institutional depth. Zero compromise. Built by Wall Street veterans and crypto-native builders, Monaco powers spot, perps, and prediction markets on a unified liquidity engine—purpose-built for performance and spanning across asset classes. Different interfaces for different traders, all connected to the same rich liquidity. This isn't just another exchange; it's a next-generation global trading network.

### The Role

We are looking for an individual to join as a Founding Engineer, with experience in developing trading platforms/exchanges, who will help architect, build and maintain our systems. You will be trusted with making important design decisions with substantial autonomy, working directly with the founders to deliver a best-in-class trading experience.

### Key Responsibilities

Proposing and implementing key design choices, including but not limited to:

Enhancing matching + risk engines for existing product suite

Internal accounting and risk management

Optimistic proof generation for batch settlement of trades

New features and products to complement the suite

Rigorously reviewing and improving code that has been produced and will be produced

### Requirements

### Who you are

6+ years experience in a highly technical trading infrastructure / engineering role (preference for someone who’s actually built a central exchange before)

Experienced in Rust, bonus if experienced in Typescript

Deep understanding of low-level architecture (understanding of hardware optimization would be a bonus)

Strong expertise in low latency, high throughput distributed systems

You value strong opinions loosely held

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