HFT Rust Engineer – Low-Latency Trading (Amsterdam)

Blosh BV; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support (senior)

On-site role in Amsterdam

Job summary

BLoSH, Amsterdam-based high-frequency trading firm, seeks an ambitious HFT Software Engineer to join their on-site team. You will build and optimize performance-critical components in Rust, collaborating with analysts and engineers on data processing, exchange connectivity and order execution.

Candidates with a strong systems programming background, 2+ years of experience in Rust or C/C++, and a passion for low-latency software are invited to apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field with 2+ years of experience, or a Master's.
• Strong experience in a systems language without a garbage collector (Rust, C++ or C).
• Fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, OS and networking.
• Understanding CPU internals, cache hierarchy and branch prediction and their impact on performance.
• Understanding memory allocation and data layout.
• Knowledge of assembly and how code compiles.
• Experience with concurrency, asynchronous programming and Linux.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance, low-latency software in Rust.
• Build and improve real-time data processing and execution systems.
• Work with concurrency, networking and asynchronous programming.
• Profiling, benchmarking and optimizing system performance.
• Design and implement new system components.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Concurrency

Linux

Networking

Performance optimization

Data structures

OS fundamentals

Communication skills

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree

Tools

AWS

Profiling tools

Git

Job description

BLoSH, Amsterdam-based high-frequency trading firm, seeks an ambitious HFT Software Engineer to join their on-site team. You will build and optimize performance-critical components in Rust, collaborating with analysts and engineers on data processing, exchange connectivity and order execution.

Candidates with a strong systems programming background, 2+ years of experience in Rust or C/C++, and a passion for low-latency software are invited to apply.