Software Engineer Trainee

il y a 1 semaine


Paris, Île-de-France ZeroDays Temps plein

is a venture-backed startup building the default platform for AI-designed algorithmic trading strategies in crypto.

We're looking for elite software engineers who want to work onsite, full-time, Sunday–Thursday, in a high-intensity, high-upside environment.

This is not a cushy remote job, and it's not a French-corporate-style CDI.

You'll join a tiny, senior team (~7 people) with founders from MIT and Jump Trading, backed by Polychain Capital, to build real trading infrastructure: execution, risk, monitoring – not toy retail dashboards.

If you're optimizing for growth, impact, and upside (not "balance"), and you like the idea of helping build a billion‑dollar company in ~18 months, keep reading.

  • Design, build, and operate backend and infrastructure for AI-driven algorithmic trading in crypto.
  • Work closely with founders on:
  • Low-latency execution systems
  • Data pipelines and model integration
  • Risk and monitoring infrastructure in production
  • Ship real features to production fast, iterate based on live performance, and own your systems end-to-end.
  • Help define and enforce engineering standards (code quality, testing, performance, observability).
  • Collaborate directly with a small, high-caliber team in the office every day.
  • Contribute to technical decision-making on architecture, tools, and tradeoffs.
  • Embrace startup intensity: nights and weekends when objectives require it. Not for vanity, but to win.

We care more about capability and trajectory than fancy titles. As a benchmark, you likely have:

  • Strong programming skills in at least one systems/backend language (e.g. Rust, C++, Go, Java, or similar).
  • Experience building production systems where correctness, performance, and reliability matter.
  • Solid understanding of:
  • Data structures & algorithms
  • Concurrency and distributed systems basics
  • Systems performance (profiling, optimization)
  • Comfort working close to:
  • Infra / dev tooling / distributed systems, and/or
  • Low-latency / trading / real-time systems

Bonus points (not required, but strong signals):

  • Experience in trading, quant, HFT, or financial infrastructure.
  • Experience with crypto (exchanges, wallets, DeFi primitives).
  • Experience with AI/ML systems in production.

Mindset (non‑negotiable):

  • You want intensity and accountability. You'd rather be stretched than bored.
  • You are competitive: you like to win, you like to get better, you like hard problems.
  • You communicate clearly: you can explain complex technical ideas in simple language.
  • You think like an owner, not an employee. You care about the outcome, not just your ticket queue.

Logistics:

  • Onsite in Paris, in the office every workday.
  • You can legally work as an independent contractor in France (micro‑entrepreneur / auto‑entrepreneur or equivalent), or are willing to set that up.
  • A B2B freelance engagement with a high-caliber, venture-backed team (Polychain, MIT, Jump).
  • A very competitive daily rate, invoiced monthly by the contractor under their own independent legal status.
  • A 3-month initial evaluation phase to determine whether both sides want to continue the collaboration long-term.
  • After a successful evaluation period, may choose—at its discretion—to offer:
  • Access to onsite meals for convenience.
  • Optional performance-based incentives defined contractually.
  • Potential equity participation through a separate agreement.
  • Case-by-case administrative or relocation support for contractors who want to be closer to the office.
  • No traditional employment benefits are provided, as this is not an employment relationship.

est une startup financée par des fonds de capital-risque qui construit la plateforme de référence pour la conception de stratégies de trading algorithmique en crypto, pilotées par l'IA.

Nous recherchons des ingénieurs logiciels d'élite souhaitant travailler sur site, à temps plein, du dimanche au jeudi, dans un environnement intense, exigeant et à fort potentiel.

Ce n'est pas un poste remote confortable, ni un CDI à la française.

Vous rejoindrez une équipe très réduite et senior (~7 personnes), avec des fondateurs issus du MIT et de Jump Trading, soutenue par Polychain Capital, pour construire de véritables infrastructures de trading : exécution, gestion du risque, monitoring — pas des dashboards grand public simplistes.

Si vous privilégiez la croissance, l'impact et l'upside (et non "l'équilibre"), et que l'idée de contribuer à la construction d'une entreprise d'un milliard de dollars en ~18 mois vous motive, continuez à lire.

Votre mission

Concevoir, développer et opérer des systèmes backend et d'infrastructure pour le trading algorithmique crypto piloté par l'IA.

Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les fondateurs sur :

  • Des systèmes d'exécution à faible latence
  • Des pipelines de données et l'intégration des modèles
  • Des infrastructures de gestion du risque et de monitoring en production

Déployer rapidement de vraies fonctionnalités en production, itérer à partir des performances réelles et être responsable de vos systèmes de bout en bout.

Contribuer à la définition et à l'application des standards d'ingénierie (qualité du code, tests, performance, observabilité).

Collaborer quotidiennement au bureau avec une équipe réduite et très performante.

Participer aux décisions techniques : architecture, outils, compromis techniques.

Assumer l'intensité propre à une startup : soirées et week-ends lorsque les objectifs l'exigent. Pas par ego, mais pour gagner.

Profil recherché

Nous valorisons davantage les compétences et la trajectoire que les titres prestigieux. À titre indicatif, vous avez probablement :

  • De solides compétences en programmation dans au moins un langage système / backend

(ex. : Rust, C++, Go, Java ou équivalent)

  • Une expérience dans la création de systèmes en production où la justesse, la performance et la fiabilité sont critiques
  • Une bonne maîtrise de :
  • Structures de données & algorithmes
  • Concurrence et bases des systèmes distribués
  • Performance système (profiling, optimisation)

À l'aise avec :

  • L'infrastructure, l'outillage dev, les systèmes distribués, et/ou
  • Les systèmes temps réel, low-latency ou de trading

Atouts (non obligatoires, mais forts signaux) :

  • Expérience en trading, quant, HFT ou infrastructures financières
  • Expérience crypto (exchanges, wallets, primitives DeFi)
  • Expérience de systèmes IA/ML en production

Mentalité (non négociable)

  • Vous recherchez l'intensité et la responsabilité. Vous préférez être challengé que vous ennuyer.
  • Vous êtes compétitif(ve) : vous aimez gagner, progresser et résoudre des problèmes difficiles.
  • Vous communiquez clairement et savez expliquer des concepts complexes simplement.
  • Vous raisonnez comme un propriétaire, pas comme un employé. Le résultat compte plus que la liste de tickets.

Logistique

  • Poste sur site à Paris, au bureau chaque jour ouvré
  • Capacité à travailler légalement en tant qu'indépendant en France (micro-entrepreneur / auto-entrepreneur ou équivalent), ou volonté de mettre ce statut en place

Conditions

  • Mission freelance B2B avec une équipe de très haut niveau, financée par des fonds (Polychain, MIT, Jump)
  • Taux journalier très compétitif, facturé mensuellement par le prestataire sous son propre statut juridique
  • Période d'évaluation initiale de 3 mois afin de déterminer si les deux parties souhaitent poursuivre la collaboration à long terme

À l'issue de cette période, pourra, à sa discrétion, proposer :

  • L'accès à des repas sur site pour plus de confort
  • Des incentives basés sur la performance, définis contractuellement
  • Une participation potentielle au capital via un accord séparé
  • Un accompagnement administratif ou à la relocalisation, au cas par cas, pour les prestataires souhaitant se rapprocher du bureau

Aucun avantage salarié traditionnel n'est fourni, car il ne s'agit pas d'une relation de travail salariée.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 65,000.00€ - 100,000.00€ per year

Work Location: In person


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