Rust Backend Engineer for Real-Time Trading Platform

AIDA projektai, MB; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity package

On-site in New York

5 days per week

Job summary

AIDA projektai, MB in New York is seeking experienced Backend Software Engineers to join a high-performance real-time trading platform. The role focuses on Rust production systems, asynchronous programming, and distributed backend infrastructure designed for low latency and high throughput.

You will collaborate with a top-tier engineering team in an in-person, on-site setting and help scale risk engines, trading APIs, and backend services that power a market-ready platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering.
• Production experience with Rust (strongly preferred) or C++.
• Experience building real-time, high-throughput backend systems.
• Strong knowledge of asynchronous programming, preferably with Tokio or similar frameworks.
• Experience working with a variety of databases, including relational, time-series, and key-value databases.
• Experience developing low-latency or performance-critical systems, ideally within trading platforms, financial infrastructure, or similar environments.
• Previous experience in FinTech, trading, blockchain, or other high-performance distributed systems is highly desirable.
• Experience working in a startup environment (VC-backed preferred).
• A genuine interest in financial markets, trading, or blockchain technologies.
• Personal side projects or open-source contributions, particularly in Rust or C, are considered a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain risk and liquidation engines to effectively manage risk and improve capital efficiency in fast-moving markets.
• Build and implement blockchain state machines that support trading, settlement, and risk management operations.
• Develop backend services that maintain consistent system state across asynchronous processes using consensus, voting, and coordination mechanisms.
• Process real-time market data and coordinate trading activities across multiple venues, managing WebSocket streams and latency-sensitive workflows.
• Design and optimize high-performance REST and WebSocket APIs that power the trading platform with millisecond-level response times.

Skills

Rust

C++

Real-time backend

Distributed systems

Tools

Tokio

WebSocket

Docker

Job description

AIDA projektai, MB in New York is seeking experienced Backend Software Engineers to join a high-performance real-time trading platform. The role focuses on Rust production systems, asynchronous programming, and distributed backend infrastructure designed for low latency and high throughput.

You will collaborate with a top-tier engineering team in an in-person, on-site setting and help scale risk engines, trading APIs, and backend services that power a market-ready platform.