Quant Dev Engineer

Any / Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Technology – Backend /

Full-time Employee /

Hybrid

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Join the Pioneer Crypto Brand in the Philippines!

Coins is the most established crypto brand in The Philippines and has gained the trust of more than 18 million users. Through the easy-to-use mobile app, users can buy and sell a variety of different cryptocurrencies and access a wide range of financial services.

Coins is fully regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and is the first ever crypto-based company in Asia to hold both Virtual Currency and Electronic Money Issuer licenses from a central bank.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain core components of market making systems using the Go language stack, including order management, pricing engines, risk control modules, and inventory management.
• Implement market making logic across multiple strategies such as CTA, arbitrage, grid trading, and integrate AMM models when applicable.
• Optimize system performance for ultra-low-latency trading, including order placement, cancellation, and quote refresh mechanisms under high concurrency.
• Integrate with major exchange APIs (REST, FIX, WebSocket), ensuring stable and fast connectivity for quoting and order execution.
• Realize the technical implementation of trading rules specific to market making, such as position management, T+0 trading, margin call mechanisms, and inventory risk management.
• Collaborate with quant researchers and operations specialists to translate models into production-level code, ensuring stable strategy deployment and efficient execution.
• Participate in system monitoring and troubleshooting, formulate disaster recovery plans, and reduce risks in the production environment.
  
  

Requirements

• With 3–5 years of Go development experience. Solid knowledge of Go fundamentals, deep understanding of concurrency models (goroutines, channels), memory management, and performance tuning. Familiarity with the go-zero framework and hands-on experience using it in real projects.
• Ability to leverage AI programming tools (e.g., Claude Code) to improve development efficiency and code quality.
• Mastery of distributed system design principles, and familiarity with the application of middleware such as Kafka, Redis, Etcd and MySQL in trading scenarios.
• Ability to analyze system bottlenecks and business anomalies using logs and monitoring tools.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies and environments.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with quant researchers, operations, and other engineers.
• Experience with multiple programming languages (e.g., Java, Python) in addition to Go.
  
  

Join the Coins Team Now!

Meaningful Collaborations - The successful candidate will work cross-functionally with other relevant teams to carry out implementations that will improve and create an impact on customer experience.

Scalable Growth - Be part of a fast-growing organization with the vision to expand its territories outside APAC which will provide opportunities for career advancement.

A Space For Bright Ideas - Let your bright ideas be converted into meaningful changes! Coins culture welcomes new ideas backed up by data to create an impact.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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