Rust Engineer

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; 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 and internal compute infrastructure to support trading and research operations.

Hybrid work with in London, 4 days in the office, reducing to 3 after 6 months. You will design production-grade distributed systems, build internal frameworks, and operate Kubernetes-based microservices while collaborating with stakeholders

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop production-grade distributed systems.
• Build internal frameworks and platforms used across the business.
• Develop and operate Kubernetes-based microservices.
• Collaborate with investment and engineering stakeholders.
• Support highly available, low-latency production environments.
• Drive projects through the full software lifecycle.

Skills

Distributed systems

CI/CD pipelines

Stakeholder management

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