Rust Quant Developer | Crypto HFT
Senior Quantitative Developer (Rust) - Digital Assets Trading Systems
Company Overview:
Role Overview:
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop high‑performance, event‑driven trading systems for multi‑venue crypto markets
- Build performance‑critical components in Rust, including execution engines, order management, and market data processing
- Develop and maintain connectivity to multiple exchanges and on‑chain venues using REST, WebSocket, and FIX APIs
- Create robust market data pipelines and real‑time tick processing systems
- Partner with quantitative researchers to support backtesting, simulation, and strategy evaluation frameworks
- Improve system resilience, observability, and operational tooling (monitoring, alerting, incident response)
- Support and maintain 24/7 production trading systems, including diagnostics and recovery mechanisms
- Actively leverage AI‑assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve code quality
Key Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related STEM discipline
- Strong experience in Rust (typically 2+ years), or demonstrably strong systems engineering fundamentals with the ability to ramp up quickly
- Background in low‑latency systems, quantitative trading, HFT, or performance‑critical financial infrastructure
- Proficiency in at least one additional language such as Python or Java
- Deep understanding of concurrency, memory management, and CPU‑efficient system design
- Experience working with real‑time data streams and exchange or market data APIs
- Comfortable operating in production environments with high availability requirements
- Curious, adaptable, and genuinely interested in trading systems and market microstructure
Nice to Have:
- Experience with crypto exchange APIs, order management systems, or matching engines
- Exposure to decentralised exchange mechanics or on‑chain infrastructure
- Low‑latency networking experience (e.g. TCP/UDP optimisation, kernel bypass, DPDK)
- Experience building trading simulation or research infrastructure
- Familiarity with Linux, cloud environments, and observability tooling
Why Join:
- Work on greenfield and migrating systems with Rust as the target technology stack
- High ownership within a small, specialised team with direct impact on trading performance
- Exposure to both centralised and decentralised digital asset markets
- Competitive compensation benchmarked to the local market
- Long‑term scope to expand into strategy and research collaboration
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