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# Protocol Engineer

- **Company:** Lhi Group Ltd
- **Location:** New York, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Algorithmic Trading, System Programming, Systems Integration, Build Management, Low Latency
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/6816555b-db94-4cf5-ac98-ea504a605fa9

## About the Role

* Expert-level Rust experience.
 * Experience building low-latency, high-performance, or trading systems.
 * Experience integrating with financial exchange APIs.
 * Strong systems programming background.
 * Ability to thrive in a small, fast-moving engineering team.

## Description

* Design and build high-performance trading infrastructure in Rust.
 * Integrate with centralized and decentralized exchange APIs.
 * Build reliable, low-latency systems for real-time trading.
 * Optimize performance across critical execution paths.
 * Work closely with the founding team on architecture and technical direction.
 * Help shape the engineering culture as the company scales.


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