About the role#
Blockhouse is a systematic crypto trading firm where you will work directly on our core market-making engine alongside the Head of Trading. This is not a sandboxed research role; your code will ship to production and trade live capital. You will collaborate with quants to translate strategy logic into production-ready code.
What you'll do#
- Optimize and extend our existing Rust market-making engine.
- Integrate new CEX and DEX venues, including REST, WebSocket, order lifecycle, and market data normalization.
- Build and improve the internal trader dashboard, including both frontend and backend integrations.
- Hook services into our GCP infrastructure, focusing on deployment, observability, and data pipelines.
- Debug live systems against real trading logs and production behavior.
What you'll need#
- Solid Rust experience with non-trivial projects beyond tutorial work.
- Comfort working within Linux/UNIX environments.
- A strong grasp of concurrency, async, and performance tradeoffs.
- Ability to write clean, well-tested code with fluency in standard debugging workflows.
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Data Science.
Location & details#
- Locations: New York City, New York, USA or Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- Modality: Hybrid.
- Term: Summer 2026.
- Employment: Full-time internship.
- Sponsorship: Available for international students.
