Senior Rust Engineer

Understanding Recruitment
W1W7Lt, W1W 7LT, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£130,000 – £200,000 pa

Salary

£130,000 – £200,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Senior
Posted
21 May 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Benefits

RSU's Bonus (8-15%)

Senior Rust Engineer (Rust/C++) Core Trading Infra

We are partnered exclusively with atop-tier digital asset exchange. They have a global presence, and are renowned for theirsecurity and platformperformance. The team are looking to bolster theirRust Engineering team in Europe.

Core Trading Infrastructure Team:


The Core Systems team oversees all aspects of the trading platform's backend, including thetrade execution engine, data distribution hubs, internal and external interfaces, and various supporting services. Our client is looking to hire Rust Engineers who either have Trading experience, or work in an industry where latency and performance matters.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain robust Rust-based services and frameworks
  • Create clean, testable, and highly performant code in Rust
  • Contribute to the design of large-scale,distributed system architectures

Requirements:

  • Expertise in crafting network services orasynchronous code usingRust. Ideally two years production Rust experience, or substantial open-source contributions.
  • Ability to independently troubleshoot issues across the entire stack (OS, network, application)
  • Experience developingdistributed systems

Package:

This is a very exciting time to join the exchange. You will be working with arguably the most stable teams in crypto, and at the bleeding-edge of finance.

Package incudes base salary (Up to 180,000 Euros), + RSU's + Bonus (8-15%)

This opportunity is available in the below jurisdictions, the client is looking to hire people full-time (Not through B2B contract) and does not sponsor visas.

United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Cyprus, United States of America (East Coast)

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