Senior Rust Engineer - Trading Systems

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help us build scalable and high-performance backend systems for Trading and Risk Management. We are looking for someone who has blockchain knowledge but also has extensive knowledge on trading and risk management systems. We would want someone with extensive experience in trading systems which means someone who has familiarity with different financial instruments like arenaflex, Futures, Perpetual, Options for example, and low-latency event-driven systems. In terms of the ratio between experience in trading systems vs blockchain experience, let's say we are looking for 85% Trading Systems expertise and 15% Blockchain. Requirements • Strong experience in building low-latency, high throughput trading systems. • Solid understanding and experience in event-driven design and architecture principles. • Familiarity with time-series databases and their application in financial data management. • Experience with financial market data, order execution, and trading protocols. • Proficiency in Rust programming language with hands-on experience in delivering production-grade software. • Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Grafana. • Minimum of 5 years of experience in backend development with a focus on Trading and Risk Management systems. Responsibilities: • Design, develop, and optimize low-latency, high throughput trading systems using Rust • Implement event-driven design and architecture principles to ensure robust and responsive systems. • Collaborate with our product and engineering teams to design and implement new features that meet our clients' needs for Trading and Risk Management. • Conduct performance profiling, optimization, and tuning of critical software components. • Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging to ensure high-quality, bug-free code for Trading and Risk Management. • Deploy and manage backend systems in AWS using Docker and Kubernetes. For this role we are looking for someone who is based in North America. The rate can go up to $180 per hour for the right candidate. Send your resume to trading@rustjobs.dev Apply tot his job

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