Senior Software Engineer - Rust/C/C++ - £150k- £200k

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build a multimodal data warehouse in London. The role involves architecting high-performance data processing systems using Rust, contributing to open-source projects, and collaborating with various teams to modernize data querying and handling solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with Rust/C/C++ or systems-level programming.
• Familiarity with columnar data formats like Arrow and Parquet.
• Experience contributing to analytical databases such as ClickHouse and DuckDB.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement high-performance data processing systems.
• Design low-latency pipelines for analytical workloads.
• Collaborate with product and platform teams.

Skills

Rust

C++

Systems-level programming

Memory management

Software craftsmanship

Tools

Apache Arrow

Parquet

ClickHouse

DuckDB

DataFusion

Job description

Job Description

Are you a Rust/C/C++ programmer looking for the next best role?
Have you worked with low-level performance and want it to matter at a large scale?

If this sounds like you, this might be one of the most technically ambitious roles you’ll come across.

We’re partnering with our client who are developing a multimodal data warehouse that unifies storage and querying for highly complex domains — including genomics, financial & time series data, weather and much more.
They are looking for a Senior Software engineer to join their team in London on a full-time basis

What You’ll Do

• Architect and implement high-performance data processing systems in Rust




• Leverage Apache Arrow and Parquet for in-memory and on-disk data efficiency




• Integrate and extend systems like DataFusion, ClickHouse, and DuckDB




• Design low-latency pipelines for analytical workloads




• Collaborate with product and platform teams to expose these capabilities via modern APIs




• Contribute to open-source projects and shape the future of their internal engine

You’ll Be a Great Fit If You:

• Have experience with Rust/C/C++ or systems-level




• Experience with columnar formats like Arrow and Parquet




• Have worked with or contributed to analytical databases like ClickHouse, DuckDB, or DataFusion




• Understand memory management, file formats, and query execution pipelines




• Are passionate about open-source and care about software craftsmanship




• Thrive in a startup environment

Want to help reinvent how data is queried, streamed, and embedded? Click Apply now or send your CV to [e-mail]

*This role is on-site in central London office and can offer visa sponsorship.