Backend Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

- Design, implement, and optimize all layers of the Hyperliquid protocol stack. This includes consensus, execution (HyperCore and HyperEVM), and API/RPC servers.

- Design and implement financial and trading primitives on the Hyperliquid L1

About You:

- Very strong systems engineering ability: writing modular, maintainable code within a complex codebase, where correctness and performance are critical

- Interest in performance optimization

- Strong first principles thinker

- Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and communication skills

- Competitive programming experience (e.g., IOI, ICPC) or similar level of programming ability

- Experience with Rust

- Able to work in-person