About the Role

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.

We are seeking a Quant Dev Engineer to design, develop, and maintain core components of market making systems.

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

• 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

Why Join Coins

• Meaningful Collaborations: 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

Location

Remote (Philippines)