Senior Rust Engineer - Low-Latency, Hybrid London

McGregor Boyall; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

McGregor Boyall in London is seeking a Senior Low Latency Rust Engineer to join a specialist team building frameworks, libraries and performance tooling for a global electronic trading environment.

You will work across multiple trading platforms with hands-on coding in Rust and Java, optimise Linux systems, and push microsecond-level latency down while collaborating with 100+ technology teams.

Qualifications

• Depth in high-performance systems engineering across the full stack.
• Experience with low-latency/high-throughput systems and electronic trading environments.
• Proficiency in Rust; strong Java or C++ background is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop Rust and Java frameworks and tooling for latency-sensitive environments.
• Benchmark, profile and optimise latency across Linux/kernel layers.
• Collaborate across 100+ technology teams to deploy high-performance solutions.

Skills

Rust

Java

C++

Low-latency systems

Linux internals

Kernel bypass

TCP/IP networking

Performance tuning

Tools

Solarflare/OpenOnload

OpenOnload

KDB

Job description

McGregor Boyall in London is seeking a Senior Low Latency Rust Engineer to join a specialist team building frameworks, libraries and performance tooling for a global electronic trading environment.

You will work across multiple trading platforms with hands-on coding in Rust and Java, optimise Linux systems, and push microsecond-level latency down while collaborating with 100+ technology teams.