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A scientific quant fund is seeking a high-performance Rust Software Engineer to join a core technology team building highly available, distributed systems that underpin real-time trading and data platforms. This is a greenfield, engineering-led environment where system reliability, throughput, and latency are critical to trading performance. The firm operates a technology-first culture, with a strong focus on correctness, performance, and scalable system design.
Job Responsibility
Designing and developing high-performance distributed systems in Rust
Building highly available backend services capable of handling extreme throughput and concurrency
Implementing fault-tolerant architectures to ensure system reliability in live trading environments
Developing core infrastructure for real-time data ingestion, processing, and distribution
Working closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and infrastructure teams to deliver performance-critical systems
Requirements
Strong commercial experience as a Rust Software Engineer
Prior experience in C++ is beneficial
Proven experience building highly available, distributed systems
Solid understanding of concurrency, parallelism, and systems-level programming
Experience designing services for high throughput and low latency
Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and system design
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Background in financial systems, trading, or real-time platforms is advantageous but not essential
Nice to have
Prior experience in C++
Background in financial systems, trading, or real-time platforms
What we offer
Ownership of greenfield distributed systems in a performance-critical environment
Market-leading compensation and bonus structure
Access to bleeding-edge tooling and modern systems architecture
Rapid career progression in a highly technical, low-bureaucracy organisation
Strong emphasis on engineering excellence, reliability, and scalability
A balanced working environment with hybrid flexibility