Crypto market maker and asset manager building low-latency trading infrastructure
Keyrock operates a crypto trading and market-making firm built on a polyglot stack (Node.js, Python, C++, Rust, FPGA) optimized for low-latency execution and high-frequency operations. The engineering-heavy hiring profile—368 engineering roles across a 51–200-person company—coupled with active projects on system integration, settlement flows, and reliability tooling, reveals an organization scaling both trading volume and operational complexity. The shift to Rust and heavy investment in observability (Prometheus, Grafana, SIEM, EDR) signals maturation away from faster-to-market prototype code toward production-grade financial infrastructure.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Data, Technical Lead, Tech Lead, Data Lead, Engineering Lead
Keyrock is a Brussels-based cryptocurrency trading and investment firm founded in 2017, offering market making, OTC trading, asset management, and options services for digital assets. The company operates a global footprint, hiring across 25+ countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. Core operations center on low-latency trading systems, post-trade analytics, and compliance-driven backoffice infrastructure. Recent organizational focus spans system reliability (trading visibility, settlement accuracy), data platform scalability, and vulnerability remediation—reflecting the operational demands of handling high-volume trading floors and multi-asset-class execution.
Node.js, Python, C++, Rust, TypeScript, FPGA, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, and trading-specific tools (Aave, Hyperliquid). The company is actively adopting Rust and recently replaced NetSuite.
Trading operations infrastructure: low-latency options systems, settlement and audit flows, centralized inventory and books, post-trade analysis, data platform reliability, and cloud scaling for trading operations. Active security focus on vulnerability remediation and compliance architecture.
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