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PAX Markets

PAX Markets

More 𝛼, less latency: exchange and HFT on one chip.

San Francisco
6 employees
Banking and Exchange
Seed · $500K
Website

About PAX Markets

More 𝛼, less latency: exchange and HFT on one chip.

Open positions (3)

Founding Principal Hardware Engineer

Full-time
Redwood City, CA
$200k – $225k
0.5% - 1% equity

Founding Hardware Engineer

Full-time
Redwood City, CA
$150k – $200k
0.25% - 0.5% equity

Founding Software Engineer

Full-time
Redwood City, CA
$150k – $200k
0.25% - 0.5% equity

Company details

Team Size6
LocationSan Francisco
IndustryBanking and Exchange

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Pete Stevenson

Pete Stevenson

CEO at PAX. High frequency crypto trader. Ultra low-latency FPGA trading at Citadel Securities. U.S. Navy officer, nuclear powered fast attack submarine. Participated in two exited startups: HICAMP acquired by Intel and Pixie acquired by New Relic. Ph.D., Stanford, electrical engineering. B.S. U.S. Naval Academy.

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Benjamin Kilimnik

Benjamin Kilimnik

CTO at PAX. High frequency crypto trader. Smart contract trader. Cryptography and systems researcher at Brown. Distributed systems software at New Relic. Privacy engineer at Pixie Labs, startup exited to New Relic. B.S. Brown University, computer science.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.