Senior Software Engineer

Understanding Recruitment; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 132,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital asset exchange is seeking a Senior Rust Engineer to work with their Core Trading Infrastructure Team. You will develop high-performance Rust-based services, contributing to the design of large-scale systems. This role offers a competitive salary up to 180,000 Euros, along with RSUs and bonuses. Candidates can work full-time from the United Kingdom or other specified locations.

Qualifications

• Expertise in crafting network services or asynchronous code using Rust.
• Ideally two years of production Rust experience or substantial open-source contributions.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot issues across the entire stack.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust Rust-based services and frameworks.
• Create clean, testable, and highly performant code in Rust.
• Contribute to the design of large-scale, distributed system architectures.

Skills

Expertise in Rust

Asynchronous programming

Troubleshooting across the stack

Experience in distributed systems

Job description

Senior Rust Engineer (Rust/C++) Core Trading Infra

We are partnered exclusively with a top-tier digital asset exchange. They have a global presence, and are renowned for their security and platform performance. The team are looking to bolster their Rust Engineering team in Europe.

Core Trading Infrastructure Team

The Core Systems team oversees all aspects of the trading platform’s backend, including the trade execution engine, data distribution hubs, internal and external interfaces, and various supporting services. Our client is looking to hire Rust Engineers who either have Trading experience, or work in an industry where latency and performance matters.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust Rust-based services and frameworks
• Create clean, testable, and highly performant code in Rust
• Contribute to the design of large-scale, distributed system architectures

Requirements

• Expertise in crafting network services or asynchronous code using Rust. Ideally two years production Rust experience, or substantial open-source contributions.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot issues across the entire stack (OS, network, application)
• Experience developing distributed systems

Package

This is a very exciting time to join the exchange. You will be working with arguably the most stable teams in crypto, and at the bleeding‑edge of finance.

Package incudes base salary (Up to 180,000 Euros), + RSU’s + Bonus (8-15%)

This opportunity is available in the below jurisdictions, the client is looking to hire people full-time (Not through B2B contract) and does not sponsor visas.

United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Cyprus, United States of America (East Coast)