Senior / Staff Software Engineer
Clear Street · Remote
Posted about 3 months ago · $170,000 - $240,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Clear Street's roles stay open a median of 82 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 56% of Clear Street's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Clear Street
- high 31 stale, 0 reposted of 32 open
- Hiring momentum
- 44 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Clear Street's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Clear Street.
About this role
In this role, you will build and scale critical order and execution management infrastructure using Rust, focusing on low-latency execution and fault tolerance. You'll design systems for distributed trading workflows, develop risk controls, and ensure compliance with evolving regulatory requirements. Collaboration with engineering, trading, and operations teams will be essential as you shape the architecture of a rapidly evolving trading platform.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Clear Street as an employer.
What you need
- Expertise in event‑driven architectures and distributed systems (Kafka, Aeron, or similar)
- Expert at domain‑driven data modeling and design
Nice to have
- Experience with production Rust
- Deep knowledge of order lifecycles and capital‑markets workflows (buy‑side EMS, sell‑side OMS, or exchange matching)
- Track record of converting regulatory or compliance requirements into reliable, testable code
- Experience with high-performance messaging protocols; e.g. IPC, multicast, Aeron
- Deep knowledge of protocols like FIX, ITCH, or OUCH
What you get
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and perks
- Company equity
- 401k matching
- Gender neutral parental leave
- Full medical, dental and vision insurance
- In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work policy beyond being remote
- Salary range provided, but no details on bonuses or equity
- Focus on building new services and features in a new code base with little technical debt may imply a fast-paced environment
Summarised from Clear Street's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Clear Street on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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