Rust Engineer

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver Bernard is partnering with a leading global quantitative investment firm to hire an experienced Rust Engineer. The role focuses on building scalable distributed systems, internal services, and compute infrastructure supporting trading and research.

You'll work in a hybrid setup in central London, designing production-grade distributed systems, operating Kubernetes-based microservices, and collaborating with investment and engineering stakeholders to ensure high availability and low

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong commercial C++ experience.
• Interest in or experience with Rust.
• Experience with containerised microservices and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and production infrastructure.
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing production-grade distributed systems.
• Building internal frameworks and platforms used across the business.
• Developing and operating Kubernetes-based microservices.
• Collaborating closely with investment and engineering stakeholders.
• Supporting highly available, low-latency production environments.
• Driving projects through the full software lifecycle.

Skills

6+ yrs experience

C++ experience

Rust interest/experience

Distributed systems

CI/CD pipelines

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Hybrid - 4 days a week in central London (will reduce to 3 after 6 months)

We are partnering with a leading global quantitative investment firm seeking an experienced Rust Engineer to join a high-performing team. This role sits at the core of the firm’s technology platform, focused on building scalable distributed systems, internal services, and compute infrastructure that directly support both trading and research operations.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Designing and developing production-grade distributed systems
• Building internal frameworks and platforms used across the business
• Developing and operating Kubernetes-based microservices
• Collaborating closely with investment and engineering stakeholders
• Supporting highly available, low-latency production environments
• Driving projects through the full software lifecycle

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong commercial C++ experience (required)
• Interest in or experience with Rust
• Experience with containerised microservices and Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and production infrastructure
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills