Senior Rust Backend Engineer for Trading Systems

kraken; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking a senior Rust engineer to design and implement robust Rust services for trading, payments, and crypto experiences. You will work on reliable, high-performance systems in a globally distributed team and influence architecture across products.

With 7+ years of software engineering experience, you will contribute to scalable, low-latency solutions, mentor peers, and ensure security-first design throughout the stack.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building financial trading focused products.
• Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust.
• Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness.
• Demonstrate the ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application).
• Apply a solid understanding of distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event-Driven Systems, to design scalable solutions.
• Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems.
• Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries.
• Provide mentorship to other engineers while contributing to defining the technical culture.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences with a focus on reliability, performance, and user impact.
• Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code that scales across teams and supports revenue-critical systems without compromising safety or security.
• Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture, translating evolving product requirements into resilient, low-latency solutions.
• Work alongside hundreds of experienced Rust engineers, contributing to a high-performance, product-driven engineering culture.

Skills

Rust

Distributed systems

RPC protocols

Kafka

Asynchronous coding

Security-minded design

Debug across stack

Mentorship

Product collaboration

End-to-end ownership

Job description

Kraken is seeking a senior Rust engineer to design and implement robust Rust services for trading, payments, and crypto experiences. You will work on reliable, high-performance systems in a globally distributed team and influence architecture across products.

With 7+ years of software engineering experience, you will contribute to scalable, low-latency solutions, mentor peers, and ensure security-first design throughout the stack.