Rust Engineer

Lynqex Labs; United States; A distancia; USD 134.000 - 223.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity options

Remote work

Flexible working arrangements

Descripción de la vacante

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

Formación

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Rust

Systems programming

Distributed systems

Asynchronous programming

Performance optimization

Herramientas

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

OpenTofu

Azure

Descripción del empleo

Lynqex is hiring a Rust Engineer with strong systems programming skills to help build secure, high-performance blockchain infrastructure and decentralized applications. You will contribute to the development of reliable blockchain components, optimize system performance, and integrate blockchain functionality with backend services.We are also seeking a technical leader who can help shape the platform's architecture, guide engineering decisions, and oversee the development of scalable blockchain and backend systems as the platform evolves from MVP to v1.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Rust and systems programming.
• 4+ years of software engineering experience, including practical experience building 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 collaborate with a remote engineering team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Solana, Substrate, Polkadot, or other Rust-based blockchain ecosystems.
• Experience with Ethereum, EVM integration, Solidity, or cross-chain communication.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, peer-to-peer networking, and consensus mechanisms.
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code, OpenTofu, and cloud platforms such as Azure.
• Previous experience leading technical projects or contributing to platform architecture.
• Monthly salary: $12,000–$20,000.
• Competitive salary and equity options.
• Flexible working arrangements.