Senior Rust Engineer - Real-Time Fintech/Trading Systems

Venchr; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Venchr, a San Francisco-based fintech startup, is seeking a Rust Engineer to own core backend services powering a real-time trading platform. You will design and ship high-performance components that process live market data, enforce risk logic, and maintain consistent state across asynchronous processes.

You will work on low-latency REST and WebSocket APIs, shape architecture and tooling, and collaborate with a small team to deliver reliable systems with millisecond responsiveness.

Qualifications

• Production Rust experience and familiarity with asynchronous programming.
• Experience in financial markets or markets data infrastructure.
• Startup experience preferred; willingness to own features end-to-end.
• Ability to reason about latency, correctness, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship services that process live market data and manage risk.
• Deliver low-latency REST and WebSocket APIs.
• Own architecture and tooling decisions in a fast-moving startup.
• Coordinate state across asynchronous processes and ensure correctness.
• Collaborate to shape architecture and development practices.

Skills

Rust

Async programming

Concurrency

System performance

Job description

Venchr, a San Francisco-based fintech startup, is seeking a Rust Engineer to own core backend services powering a real-time trading platform. You will design and ship high-performance components that process live market data, enforce risk logic, and maintain consistent state across asynchronous processes.

You will work on low-latency REST and WebSocket APIs, shape architecture and tooling, and collaborate with a small team to deliver reliable systems with millisecond responsiveness.