Rust Network Engineer — High-Throughput Feed Systems

Polygon.io, Inc; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

Massive is seeking a Rust Engineer to develop and maintain our low-level feed handlers, the core layer that consumes, captures, and analyzes exchange data feeds. This role focuses on building scalable, efficient systems handling 60M packets/sec and ~5TB/day across datacenters.

The engineer will shape architecture, participate in design decisions, and stay ahead of Rust and networking advancements. A strong, self-driven contributor mindset is essential in our small, elite team.

Qualifications

• Experience and proficiency in Rust programming language.
• Passionate about learning and problem-solving.
• Enjoy having ownership and responsibility on a project.
• Strong work ethic; we trust our team to deliver exceptional results without micromanagement.
• Strong understanding of networking and/or kernel bypass is a plus.
• Familiarity with financial data or experience in the industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Help architect, design, and implement critical components of our feed handling layer.
• Build hardware and software capable of capturing 60M packets/sec. Analyze captures for dropped packets and merge/dedupe captures from multiple datacenters.
• Collaborate closely with a small team of highly talented individuals to build and continuously improve our technology stack.
• Conduct thorough performance analysis, profiling, and benchmarking to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to maintain a high standard of code quality and software design.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in Rust and networking technologies to leverage new techniques for system improvements.

Skills

Rust

Ownership

Problem solving

Networking

Kernel bypass

Tools

DPDK

DPUs

Job description

Massive is seeking a Rust Engineer to develop and maintain our low-level feed handlers, the core layer that consumes, captures, and analyzes exchange data feeds. This role focuses on building scalable, efficient systems handling 60M packets/sec and ~5TB/day across datacenters.

The engineer will shape architecture, participate in design decisions, and stay ahead of Rust and networking advancements. A strong, self-driven contributor mindset is essential in our small, elite team.