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Rust Engineer - Platform

· Job Posted January 10, 2026
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As a Platform Backend Engineer (Rust) at Keyrock, you will drive the development and maintenance of the backoffice and trading data platform systems at the core of our organisation. We are looking for a hands-on engineer who is experienced in building scalable, resilient, and high-performance systems and is eager to own the technical implementation of complex infrastructure. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, actively collaborates with cross-functional teams, and applies a product-centric mindset to solve technical challenges that directly impact our trading and risk capabilities.

Job Responsibility

  • Rust Development: Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs using Rust, ensuring low latency and high availability for critical trading data platforms
  • Strong systems engineering fundamentals: Concurrency, memory management, networking, serialization, and observability Solid understanding of performance tuning and profiling in real-world systems
  • System Integration: Create seamless integrations between live trading operations (exchanges/DeFi) and backoffice systems, automating workflows to improve operational efficiency
  • Cloud-Native Deployment: Deploy and manage services in a cloud-native environment, leveraging AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform to scale infrastructure infrastructure-as-code
  • DevOps & Observability: Maintain GitOps-driven workflows, ensuring robust CI/CD pipelines and implementing deep system observability (logging, metrics, tracing) for rapid incident response
  • Database Optimization: Optimize data storage and retrieval strategies (SQL/NoSQL), balancing query performance, cost efficiency, and data integrity in a high-volume financial environment
  • Security & Compliance: Engineer solutions with a "Security-First" mindset, ensuring strict adherence to compliance standards and secure handling of sensitive financial data
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers, Risk teams, and other engineers to translate complex business requirements into reliable technical specifications and features
  • Technical Excellence: Actively participate in code reviews, contribute to architectural discussions, and mentor fellow engineers to foster a culture of high code quality and innovation
  • Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on emerging trends in the Rust ecosystem, cloud infrastructure, and blockchain technologies to continuously refine the platform’s capabilities

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Proven experience in building and maintaining data-intensive, large-scale, high-performance trading data platforms
  • Strong expertise in Rust (or C++), Python, and TypeScript for system development and automation in the financial services industry
  • Good understanding of data engineering principles, including data modeling, ETL pipelines, and stream processing
  • Experience with financial services data workflows, including trading, middle office, and back office operations
  • Extensive experience in cloud-native architectures, with proficiency in AWS
  • Proficient in GitOps tools and methodologies for infrastructure automation and deployment
  • Strong background in DevSecFinOps, ensuring compliance, security, and cost efficiency across the development lifecycle
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring tools

What we offer

  • A competitive salary package
  • Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
  • The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence
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