Great place to grow and take ownership - Systems Engineer FalconX Employee Review

* Get to build low‑latency trading systems and data pipelines that actually move billions—cool scale for a startup. * Small squad, big ownership: green‑field projects instead of fixing legacy code all day. * Team is stacked with ex‑FAANG, HFT, and crypto‑native folks—sharp, helpful, no ego. * Leadership is accessible; weekly AMAs with the CTO and real feedback loops. * Pay is strong and equity upside could be huge if/when there’s a liquidity event.

* Pace is relentless—product priorities can flip overnight with market swings. * On‑call alerts during Asia hours if exchanges hiccup * Tech debt creeps in from “ship now, refactor later” culture. * Documentation still catching up—lots of tribal knowledge in Slack threads.

You get to work with some smart people in a fast moving industry

-There is favoritism based on race at this company, not two ways about it. -The company will be sold in the next two years. The CEO moved to Texas to avoid the taxes on the transaction. He says it's easier for him to get to the SF and NYC offices being in the middle of the country. That's not why CEO/founders move to Texas when all their employees are on one coast or the other. -Incredibly high amount of turnover. Many employees leave for better run companies in the space such at Anchorage, Galaxy, Coinbase, or Krakken.