Senior Performance Engineer (Remote) - Low-Latency Rust

Framework Ventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first flexibility

Competitive salary + meaningful equity

Generous vacation and wellness budgets

Job summary

Helius is seeking a Sr. Performance Engineer to optimize latency-critical systems powering our global network. You will profile and tune low-level Rust/C++ services handling real-time data for traders, exchanges, and DeFi protocols. The role emphasizes ownership, reliability, and end-to-end system design in a remote-first environment.

Join a small, senior team focused on performance, scalability, and fast delivery across distributed infrastructure and high-throughput backends.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems-level engineering experience in Rust or C++.
• Proven ability to tune high-throughput, latency-sensitive systems.
• Strong intuition for hardware, OS, and network performance.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Profile, tune, and optimize low-level Rust/C++ services powering real-time data for traders.
• Design systems for ultra low-latency environments where microseconds matter.
• Ship performance improvements with visible impact across the network.
• Own foundational systems end-to-end and keep them simple and reliable.

Skills

Rust

C++

Latency optimization

High-performance systems

Ownership

Job description

Helius is seeking a Sr. Performance Engineer to optimize latency-critical systems powering our global network. You will profile and tune low-level Rust/C++ services handling real-time data for traders, exchanges, and DeFi protocols. The role emphasizes ownership, reliability, and end-to-end system design in a remote-first environment.

Join a small, senior team focused on performance, scalability, and fast delivery across distributed infrastructure and high-throughput backends.