Rust Engineer - Platform Trading

Rust Engineer - Platform Trading

Keyrock is a leader in the digital asset space, known for innovative trading services and a diverse, remote team of over 200 professionals worldwide. We are pioneering the use of Rust for high‑frequency trading and building comprehensive market making, options trading, and DeFi desks.

As a Platform Backend Engineer (Rust), you will drive the development and maintenance of the backoffice and trading data platform systems at the core of our organisation. You will own the technical implementation of complex infrastructure, collaborate cross‑functionally, and apply a product‑centric mindset to solve challenges that impact trading and risk capabilities.

• Design, build, and maintain high‑performance backend services and APIs using Rust, ensuring low latency and high availability for critical trading data platforms.
• Apply strong systems engineering fundamentals: concurrency, memory management, networking, serialization, and observability, and tune performance in real‑world systems.
• Create seamless integrations between live trading operations (exchanges/DeFi) and backoffice systems, automating workflows to improve operational efficiency.
• Deploy and manage services in a cloud‑native environment using AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform to scale infrastructure as code.
• Maintain Git Ops‑driven workflows and robust CI/CD pipelines; implement deep system observability (logging, metrics, tracing) for rapid incident response.
• Optimize data storage and retrieval strategies (SQL/No
  
  SQL), balancing query performance, cost efficiency, and data integrity in a high‑volume financial environment.
• Engineer solutions with a “Security‑First” mindset, ensuring strict adherence to compliance standards and secure handling of sensitive financial data.
• Partner with Product Managers, Risk teams, and other engineers to translate complex business requirements into reliable technical specifications and features.
• Actively participate in code reviews, contribute to architectural discussions, and mentor fellow engineers to foster a culture of high code quality and innovation.
• Stay updated on emerging trends in the Rust ecosystem, cloud infrastructure, and blockchain technologies to continuously refine the platform’s capabilities.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience building and maintaining data‑intensive, large‑scale, high‑performance trading data platforms.
• Strong expertise in Rust (or C++), Python, and Type Script 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.
• Proficiency in Git Ops tools and methodologies for infrastructure automation and deployment.
• Strong background in Dev Sec Fin Ops , ensuring compliance, security, and cost efficiency across the development lifecycle.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring tools.

• A competitive salary package.
• Autonomy in time management with flexible working hours and remote working opportunities.
• The freedom to create an entrepreneurial experience as part of a team that values excellence.

As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds and hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees. Passing these checks is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.