Rust Developer Intern (Spring 2026)

Job description

Rust Developer Intern – Trading Systems Company: Blockhouse: Location: NYC or Canada (Windsor) in-person or hybrid flexibility Type: Internship, ~12 weeks, starting immediately or early summer. Strong path to full-time for top performers Compensation: $2,000–$4,000/month cash, based on experience. Benefits included. Equity and strategy PnL share available on conversion to full-time. About Blockhouse: Blockhouse is a systematic crypto trading firm running two live production strategies across CEXs and perps DEXs, trading real client capital. We were founded in 2022. Our core market-making engine is written in Rust and is already running across multiple venues. We're actively extending it by adding new exchanges, tightening execution, and building out the operational layer around it (trader dashboard, GCP infrastructure, observability). We're small, engineering-driven, and every hire works directly with the founders, Head of Trading, and senior quants. Role Overview: You'll work directly on our Rust trading engine alongside the Head of Trading. The work spans low-latency systems (optimizing the core engine, integrating new venues, improving execution logic) and the production infrast...