Senior Rust & Desktop Framework Engineer (Contract) - NYC- Innovative Algo Trading | New York, [...]

Oxford Knight; Buxton (ND); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Rust & Desktop Framework Engineer to build a next-gen smart desktop platform. This role offers the chance to work on high-performance applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring a fantastic user experience. You'll be part of a high-performance engineering culture that values new ideas and career development. If you have a passion for Rust and enjoy mentoring others, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a world-class hedge fund environment.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Bonus structure

Career development opportunities

High-performance engineering culture

Qualifications

• Deep experience with Rust programming and performance optimizations.
• Strong understanding of async Rust and multithreading.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance applications using Rust.
• Collaborate with UI/UX and Cloud teams for optimal user experience.

Skills

Rust

Performance Optimization

Async Rust

Multithreading

Web Technologies (React, Typescript, Node.js)

Tools

Tauri

Electron

Kafka

Kinesis

Job description

Senior Rust & Desktop Framework Engineer (Contract) - NYC- Innovative Algo Trading

Summary

My client is a world-class hedge fund, looking to hire an exceptional senior-level developer as they build a Rust-powered next-gen smart desktop platform.

You'll be expected to have deep experience with the Rust programming language, performance optimizations, and desktop application frameworks. You will join the UI/UX team and collaborate with colleagues in Cloud, DevOps, and various other stakeholders to ensure that the platform delivers apps with near-native performance and a fantastic user experience.

This role would suit an outstanding communicator who enjoys managing projects from the architecture and build stage through to performance tuning & optimization, alongside mentoring other developers and championing Rust best practices.

Requirements

• Significant in-depth Rust experience, developing high-performance applications
• Knowledge of Tauri, Electron, or similar multi-window desktop technologies; custom WebView-based solutions experience would be ideal
• Strong understanding of async Rust, multithreading, event loops, and performance tuning in a production environment
• Solid web tech stack experience, e.g., modern frontend frameworks (React); Typescript, Node.js, or Next.js

Desirable

• Experience in finance or other high availability industries
• Kafka, Kinesis, or other event-streaming frameworks experience

Benefits

• Competitive base salary & bonus + world-class benefits
• Enormous opportunity to grow, learn, and have an impact
• New ideas are always welcomed; career development is encouraged
• High-performance engineering culture with the chance to work with industry leaders

Whilst we carefully review all applications, due to the high volume of applications we receive, it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact

If you think you are a strong match for this job description, please do not hesitate to get in touch!

Amy Gandhi

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