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