Vice President, Trading & Derivatives

Cronos | Cronos Labs

VP Engineer role focusing on engineering high-performance trading systems for retail traders. Involves hands-on development of CLOB, perpetuals, and risk engines.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇭🇰 Hong KongLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the CLOB and Matching Engine
Design and implement high-performance Central Limit Order Book
Architect the matching engine for correctness and low latency
Build resilience against adversarial patterns
Contribute to the hybrid CLOB + RFQ routing layer
Implement the perpetuals engine
Design and implement funding rate clamping logic
Own the liquidation system
Own the real-time risk calculation layer
Define and maintain correctness guarantees through automated testing
Drive Technical Excellence by providing architecture reviews

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years in software engineering
Production CLOB experience
Perpetuals and derivatives depth
Risk system ownership
Low-latency systems expertise
Proficiency in Rust, Java, or C++
Strong understanding of threading models, lock-free data structures
Hands-on experience with low-latency messaging infrastructure
State replication, consistency models
Simulation-based and property-based testing

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible working arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

CLOBMatching Enginelow-latency systemsRustJavaC++threading modelslock-free data structureslow-latency messaging infrastructuresimulation-based testing

Soft Skills

technical excellencearchitecture reviews