Rust Engineer

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver Bernard is partnering with a leading global quantitative investment firm to hire an experienced Rust Engineer in London. The role sits at the core of the firm’s technology platform, building scalable distributed systems, internal services, and compute infrastructure to support trading and research.

You’ll design production-grade distributed systems, operate Kubernetes-based microservices, collaborate with investment and engineering stakeholders, and drive projects through the full

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

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Communication

Stakeholder management

Rust interest

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

C++

Kubernetes

Containerisation

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