Senior Rust Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Luton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI tech start-up in the financial data sector is seeking a Rust Developer to join their innovative team. You will play a crucial role in building scalable products that utilize cutting-edge technology for real-time analytics and data management. This opportunity requires strong skills in Rust and an understanding of data engineering, offering a competitive salary and the chance to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Rust and related technologies (Generics, SerDe, Sockets).
• Experience with data engineering, ETL, and data modelling.
• Track record of bootstrapping projects in new business domains.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain platform services.
• Contribute new products and technical ideas.
• Work closely with QA to ensure proper engineering.

Skills

Rust

Generics

Data Engineering

ETL

Data Modelling

Software Deployment

Team Collaboration

Source Control Management

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

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Client:

Search 5.0

Location:

luton, bedfordshire, United Kingdom

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Other

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EU work permit required:

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Posted:

10.06.2025

Expiry Date:

25.07.2025

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Job Description:

Search 5.0 is delighted to partner with an innovative AI tech start-up in the financial data sector, seeking a Rust Developer to join their exciting journey!

Our client equips traders with tools that are faster, smarter, and easier to use.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading AI company whose Machine Learning product suite creates new trading opportunities through real-time analytics, supported by a world-class, scalable, ultra-low latency architecture.

The Data Platform is crucial to all capabilities and services, enabling data ingestion, analysis, querying, and storage at near-real-time speeds, setting our client apart from competitors. While most companies process data in days, hours, or minutes, our client operates at nano to millisecond scales, a speed typically reserved for stock market trading systems.

Job: Rust Developer

Joining an incredible, small tribe you will play a pivotal role in driving the technical direction ensuring requirements are met and building a scalable product.

• Develop and maintain the platform services that underpin our products, in tandem with SME’s in data science and quantitive finance.
• Contribute new products and technical ideas, providing feedback and collaboration sessions.
• Work closely with QA to ensure that systems are engineered accordingly

What we’re seeking?

• A strong working knowledge of Rust including Generics, SerDe, Sockets, Message Passing/IPC.
• Courage, adaptability and team collaboration with a start-up
• A self starter needing little technical hand-holding
• Understanding of various software deployment strategies such as micro-services.
• Competent use of source control management, issue tracking tools and branching strategies.
• Track record of bootstrapping projects in new business domains.
• Understanding and experience of data engineering, ETL and data modelling.
• Working experience of relational databases, either PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB.
• Experience and understanding of deploying software in a cloud environment, either GCP, AWS or Azure.

No sponsorship of offered and must be based in the UK