Principle Rust Engineer (External)

Serotonin Inc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-performance cryptography startup in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Rust Engineer to drive the productization of a binary field proof system. The ideal candidate will have significant Rust expertise and a strong background in performance tuning. You will mentor other engineers and have a direct impact on the company's success by tackling a variety of challenges. Experience with distributed systems is highly valued, and bonus skills include open-source contributions and understanding blockchain concepts.

Qualifications

• Must have significant professional Rust experience.
• Experience with performance tuning or optimization is required.
• Experience in implementing high-performance software or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate distributed proving tasks over an FPGA server cluster.
• Integrate the technology stack with peer-to-peer blockchain networks.
• Mentor and guide engineers in Rust development practices.

Skills

Professional Rust experience

Performance tuning or optimization

High-performance software implementation

Understanding of computer architecture

Problem solving with technology tradeoffs

Job description

Principle Rust Engineer (External)

Join our client as they accelerate the ZK revolution, supporting web3 networks with reliable and cost-efficient proof generation. They are a high-performance cryptography startup with an exciting hardware twist looking for a talented Compiler Engineer.

About the role

As a Staff or Principal Rust Engineer, you'll work closely with other engineers across the stack to productize the binary field proof system. Responsibilities include orchestrating distributed proving tasks over an FPGA server cluster, working with cryptography engineers on library APIs, integrating our stack with peer-to-peer blockchain networks, and performance profiling of open source code bases.

Being a self-starter is essential, as there are always a variety of challenges that need to be tackled. Your work will have a direct impact on our growth and success. At the Staff and Principal level there will also be opportunity to mentor and guide engineers across the team, providing leadership in Rust development practices, code reviews, and architecture.

Qualifications

• Significant professional Rust experience
• Experience with performance tuning or optimization
• Experience implementing high-performance software or distributed systems
• Understanding of computer architecture and configuration
• Ability to think across layers of abstractions
• Understanding of technology tradeoffs and a pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Mentor and guide engineers across the team, providing leadership in Rust development practices, code reviews, and architecture.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience modifying and contributing to open-source codebases
• Understanding of computer security principles
• Knowledge of AWS and / or Google Cloud
• Deep understanding of fundamental blockchain concepts
• Understanding of microservices architecture
• Familiarity with zero-knowledge cryptography