Junior Developer

Pulsar; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Pulsar is seeking a Junior Developer (Front Office) to maintain and enhance our peripheral applications and UIs, leveraging Rust and .NET in a fast-paced, 24/7 setting. You will collaborate with an international team in an agile environment to deliver reliable software for global operations.

Ideal candidates hold a CS/SE degree with 1–3 years of Linux experience, and are eager to learn about financial markets and blockchain technologies while delivering clean, scalable code.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related field.
• 1–3 years of related experience in Linux.
• Proficient in Rust or object-oriented languages (e.g., C++).
• Strong interest in financial markets and blockchain.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve peripheral applications and user interfaces with Rust and .NET tech to support 24/7 activities.
• Work in an international, agile, autonomous team.
• Collaborate to explore new technologies and implement changes to expand system capabilities.
• Provide production support and incident handling.

Skills

Rust

C++

Linux

Multithreading

WebSocket

RESTful

Financial markets

Blockchain

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

• You are pioneering and innovative and want to be part of the cutting-edge and disruptive crypto-currency world
• You enjoy end-to-end application development from requirement collection to production support
• You are eager to learn new knowledge in both financial and technical fields
• You thrive in a non-hierarchical organization with a casual working environment
• You are flexible and dedicated. We operate an on-call rota around the clock to ensure our global operations run smoothly

Team / Role

As a Junior Developer (Front Office), you will:

• Maintain and improve our peripheral applications, as well as user interfaces, with the latest Rust and .NET technologies, to support our 24/7 activities
• Work in an international team of like-minded professionals in an agile and autonomous environment
• Collaborate with senior teammates to investigate the latest technologies and industry best practices. When appropriate, design together the required changes and integrate them to expand our system’s capabilities
• Provide production support

Required skillset

• 1-3 years of related experience, familiar in Linux environment;
• You hold university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related disciplines
• You write clean and efficient code in Rust or any other Object Oriented Programming (e.g. C++)
• You demonstrate strong interest in financial markets and blockchain technologies
• You own your deliverables’ reliability, scalability, and maintainability
• You love to analyse and tackle complex problems with elegant solutions
• You have exposure in multithreading, web protocol (e.g. websocket, RESTful), or high throughput/low latency design is a plus