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

James Chase; London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Rust/C/C++ to develop a multimodal data warehouse. The role involves designing high-performance data processing systems and contributing to open-source projects in a collaborative environment, ideal for those passionate about software craftsmanship.

Qualifications

• Experience with Rust/C/C++ or systems-level languages.
• Contributed to analytical databases like ClickHouse, DuckDB, or DataFusion.
• Understanding of memory management, file formats, and query execution pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement high-performance data processing systems in Rust.
• Design low-latency pipelines for analytical workloads.
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to expose capabilities via modern APIs.

Skills

Rust

C

C++

Memory Management

Software Craftsmanship

Job description

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

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

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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 languages
• 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting

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