Rust Engineer - Trading Systems

Slashhash; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Keyrock is seeking a Senior Rust Engineer with production-grade Rust experience and a background in systematic trading to design low-latency, mission-critical platforms.

You will own key trading stack components end-to-end, from architecture through to production operation, and collaborate with quants, traders, and engineers to improve trading performance and resilience.

Qualifications

• Must have production-grade Rust experience and a background in systematic trading.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimise low-latency, mission-critical trading systems

Skills

Ownership

Reliability

Initiative

Problem-Solving

Operational Diligence

Technical Leadership

Curiosity

Growth Mindset

Communication

Team Player

Tools

Rust

Tokio

AWS

Linux

Python

FIX

REST APIs

WebSocket

TCP/UDP

DPDK

LLMs

MCP APIs

Cursor

Claude Code

CI/CD

Job description

Keyrock seeks a Senior Rust Engineer with trading systems experience and AWS knowledge to join its Capital Markets division. The role involves designing low-latency trading systems, owning key components, and collaborating with a global remote team. Candidates must have production-grade Rust experience and a background in systematic trading.

Technical (Must-have)

• Rust
• Tokio
• AWS
• Linux
• Python
• FIX
• REST APIs
• WebSocket
• TCP/UDP
• DPDK
• LLMs
• MCP APIs
• Cursor
• Claude Code
• CI/CD

Soft Skills

• Ownership
• Reliability
• Initiative
• Problem-Solving
• Operational Diligence
• Technical Leadership
• Curiosity
• Growth Mindset
• Communication
• Team Player

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimise low-latency, mission-critical trading systems
• Own key trading stack components end-to-end — from architecture through to production operation
• Collaborate closely with quants, traders, and engineers to deliver solutions that improve trading performance and resilience
• Maintain and evolve trading infrastructure with a focus on performance, stability, observability, and operational excellence
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across exchange connectivity, execution, and market data handling
• Drive engineering standards through technical leadership, code reviews, and mentoring
• Embrace agentic engineering principles: leverage AI-assisted workflows, drive automation of operational tasks, and help evolve the team's agentic tooling
• Contribute to functional, component, and production-readiness testing for critical trading components

Rust, Tokio, AWS, Linux, Python, FIX, REST APIs, WebSocket, TCP/UDP, DPDK, LLMs, MCP APIs, Cursor, Claude Code, CI/CD