Gravity Team is hiring a Web3 Software Engineer - Arbitrage Trading Bot
Compensation: $42k - $84k
Location: Latvia, On Site
At Gravity Team, a quantitative proprietary trading firm, we are on a mission to balance the supply and demand across crypto markets worldwide.
Join our community of innovators, problem solvers, and owners who apply scientific discovery techniques to make crypto markets a better place for everyone.
You are
- A problem solver. Each day presents numerous challenges with sub-optimal choices, and you should excel at selecting the best option given optimization criteria.
- Focused on results. The drive to get things done distinguishes success from the rest.
- A team player. We thrive together as a team! You must listen well and present your ideas in an environment where the best ideas win.
You'll be working on
Arbitrage trading bot (aka Unified) – Gravity Team’s high-frequency arbitrage trading system that powers the majority of our trading volumes. Unified runs 24/7 across 30+ global crypto exchanges, executing millions of trades monthly. It’s the brain of our market making strategy – constantly deciding what, where, and how much to trade. You’ll join a team of experienced engineers and quant-minded traders who are obsessed with performance, uptime, and scaling arbitrage across fragmented crypto markets globally.
What you will do
- Support Day-to-Day Ops: Help monitor the Unified trading system, handle support requests from our partners (exchanges), update dashboards, and maintain project boards.
- SQL & Data Tasks: Write queries to extract insights, troubleshoot data issues, and maintain trading performance visibility.
- Exchange and API Integration Support: Assist with onboarding and maintaining exchange connections - helping integrate, test, monitor, and debug integrations.
- Learn Trading Systems: Get hands-on exposure to how high-frequency trading works: how decisions are made, what strategies look like, and how system components interact.
- Chart Reading & Market Monitoring: Learn to interpret market charts, detect irregularities, and understand price behavior.
- Automate and Script: Use CLI tools and basic scripting to automate internal tasks and improve dev workflows.
- Contribute to Code: Write and maintain components of the trading system in Python, as well as be exposed to other adjacent systems in Rust.
- Incident Response: Participate in our critical systems’ support duties.
What we expect
- 2+ years of experience in backend development
- Hands-on skills of (preferably) multiple backend programming languages. Experience with Python and Rust programming languages is a plus.
- Solid SQL and database knowledge – you’re comfortable analyzing data, debugging, and working with large datasets.
- Command-line proficiency – navigating logs, running scripts, and troubleshooting via terminal should be second nature.
- Curiosity about markets and trading – you’ll be expected to learn chart reading, trade mechanics, and basic HFT principles.
- Fast and pragmatic – you move quickly, iterate, and don’t get stuck chasing perfect solutions.
- Comfortable under pressure – you can stay level-headed when systems fail or urgent issues come up.
- Experience in the crypto & blockchain industry is a plus.
- Experience in financial engineering is a plus.
- Results in Math, Physics, Informatics, Chemistry, or Economics Olympiads are a plus.
Our promise to you
We offer you a driver's seat in the world's crypto-sphere and hands-on insight into one of the most exciting and lucrative industries today. Our work contributes to transforming the current financial industry and democratizing access to digital goods worldwide.
Conditions
- Open idea meritocracy and close to zero bureaucracy.
- Work together with a highly talented team.
- Possibility to participate in world crypto events, with a very real and tangible impact on many crypto markets across the world.
- Fast-moving, challenging, and unique business problems.
- Competitive salary between 3500 EUR - 7000 EUR gross.
- Profit shares.
- Flexible working hours, casual work attire, and a startup atmosphere.
- Learning & Development budget of 3000 EUR a year
- A-class work environment at Zunda Towers offices with 360° view over Riga, free food & snacks, Chef's lunches, state-of-art office space design, weekly yoga & physiotherapy sessions, etc.
- Regular team events in Latvia and also abroad.
- Benefits that you can combine yourself – free food, Bolt taxi, Sports, Spa & Wellness, etc.
Apply Now:
Compensation: $42k - $84k
Location: Latvia, On Site
Benefits: Free Gym Membership, Learning Budget, Medical Insurance, Profit Sharing
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