Backend Engineer (HFT / Low-Latency Systems)

pod network is rethinking blockchain performance from first principles. If you’ve pushed systems to nanosecond-level determinism and want to apply that mindset to a global decentralized exchange layer, this role is for you.

About the Role:

We’re looking for engineers with high-frequency trading (HFT) or ultra-low-latency systems experience to help architect and optimize our execution and matching infrastructure. You’ll work on the core runtime and networking stack that powers sub-millisecond order propagation and deterministic settlement across a distributed validator network.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and implement latency-critical components of the pod L1 and order book engine.

• Optimize network pipelines, serialization, and state access for deterministic performance.

• Contribute to new protocol primitives for timestamped execution and atomic batch auctions.

• Collaborate with re...