Backend Rust Engineer — Real-Time Crypto Trading

Van Kaizen Limited

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 185,000 - 300,000

Full time

9 hours ago

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Job summary

Van Kaizen Limited in New York City or San Francisco is seeking a Backend Software Engineer with strong production Rust experience to join a small, technically ambitious team. You will own critical systems, build high-performance risk, liquidation and trading components, and develop REST and WebSocket APIs with millisecond response times using Rust, Tokio, and distributed architectures.

Candidates should have 2–4 years backend experience, a background in fintech/crypto/trading, and a proven

Qualifications

2–4 years backend/software engineering experience.
Strong production Rust experience.
Experience with Tokio / asynchronous programming.
Background in real-time, high-throughput or low-latency systems.
Experience with relational, time-series and/or key-value databases.
Fintech, crypto, trading, HFT or blockchain experience.
Genuine interest in financial markets and Web3.

Responsibilities

Build high-performance risk, liquidation and trading systems.
Build REST and WebSocket APIs with millisecond-level response times.
Work with Rust, Tokio, asynchronous programming, distributed systems and blockchain.
Solve complex problems around concurrency, state management and high-throughput event streams.