Lead Rust Engineer, Blockchain Platform Architecture

Lynqex Labs; United States; Remote; USD 134,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Remote work

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Lynqex Labs is seeking a Rust Engineer to build secure, high-performance blockchain infrastructure and decentralized applications. You will contribute to reliable components, optimize performance, and integrate Rust with backend services and Web3 tooling.

A technical leader role is available to shape platform architecture and guide engineering decisions as the MVP evolves toward v1. We offer a remote-friendly environment with a collaborative, distributed team and opportunities to influence

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Rust and systems programming.
• 4+ years of software engineering experience including production systems.
• Understanding of blockchain fundamentals, distributed systems, and cryptographic principles.
• Experience with asynchronous programming, concurrency, memory safety, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with APIs, backend services, and database integration.
• Experience with testing, debugging, code reviews, and secure software development practices.
• Ability to work independently and with a remote team.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize high-performance applications and blockchain components using Rust.
• Design secure and efficient systems for blockchain transactions, data processing, and decentralized services.
• Integrate Rust-based components with smart contracts, backend APIs, and Web3 infrastructure.
• Lead technical architecture discussions and contribute to system design decisions.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and improve reliability, scalability, and resource efficiency.
• Collaborate with blockchain, backend, and infrastructure engineers to deliver production-ready features.
• Establish coding standards, testing practices, and engineering best practices.

Skills

Rust

Systems programming

Distributed systems

Asynchronous programming

Performance optimization

Tools

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

OpenTofu

Azure

Job description

Lynqex Labs is seeking a Rust Engineer to build secure, high-performance blockchain infrastructure and decentralized applications. You will contribute to reliable components, optimize performance, and integrate Rust with backend services and Web3 tooling.

A technical leader role is available to shape platform architecture and guide engineering decisions as the MVP evolves toward v1. We offer a remote-friendly environment with a collaborative, distributed team and opportunities to influence