Rust Systems Engineer - Blockchain Core (London, Hybrid)

TriliTech; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading blockchain technology company in the UK is seeking a software engineer for their Core Tezos X team. In this role, you'll work on next-generation Layer 2 solutions, helping to shape the platform and make critical design decisions. Candidates should have strong software engineering experience, ideally with Rust, along with a solid foundation in computer science principles. The position offers a competitive salary, a hybrid working environment, and a chance to work on impactful projects within a dynamic team.

Benefits

Competitive salary with substantial incentive schemes

Generous long-term incentive plan (LTIP)

Hybrid working environment

Daily lunch provided in-office

Commuter costs reimbursement (up to £2,700 annually)

20-day policy for working abroad

25 days paid holiday plus your birthday off

Enhanced parental & adoption leave

Pension contributions double matched (up to 10%)

Private medical and travel insurance with mental health support

Learning and development programs

Life assurance (5x base salary)

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in software engineering.
• Experience with modern idiomatic Rust or a strong desire to learn it.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals (e.g. algorithms, data structures and concurrency).
• Familiarity with instruction sets in various contexts.
• Experience in systems programming or performance-critical software.
• Ability to think through large engineering problems and break them down.
• Clear communication in technical contexts.

Responsibilities

• Develop next-generation Layer 2 solutions on Tezos.
• Tackle technically challenging problems with a team.
• Performance engineering and systems programming.
• Building SDKs for other developers.

Skills

Software engineering

Modern idiomatic Rust

Computer Science fundamentals

Instruction sets familiarity

Language runtimes, compilers or interpreters

Systems programming or embedded systems

Problem-solving

Clear communication in technical contexts

Job description

A leading blockchain technology company in the UK is seeking a software engineer for their Core Tezos X team. In this role, you'll work on next-generation Layer 2 solutions, helping to shape the platform and make critical design decisions. Candidates should have strong software engineering experience, ideally with Rust, along with a solid foundation in computer science principles. The position offers a competitive salary, a hybrid working environment, and a chance to work on impactful projects within a dynamic team.