London, United Kingdom Remote (Global)

Keyrock is hiring a Rust Engineer - Trading

About the Role

We're looking for a skilled Rust Engineer to help design and refine high-speed trading systems within a fully remote, international team. You'll play a central role in maintaining and advancing infrastructure that powers real-time trading operations, working hand-in-hand with quants, traders, and fellow engineers to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability.

What You'll Do

  • Build and refine low-latency trading systems that operate under strict performance demands
  • Collaborate across disciplines to improve execution efficiency and system stability
  • Diagnose and resolve connectivity issues to optimize exchange integration and trade execution speed
  • Design robust, cloud-native solutions on AWS using containerized environments like EKS and Kubernetes
  • Support testing processes for critical components to ensure functional accuracy and operational resilience

What We're Looking For

  • Proven experience in trading environments—particularly in HFT, market making, or proprietary trading
  • Strong command of AWS, Linux, and shell scripting, with a solid grasp of networking concepts like TCP/UDP and packet analysis
  • Familiarity with trading APIs (FIX, REST, WebSocket) and real-time market data integration
  • Hands-on experience with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
  • Ownership mindset—reliably delivering high-quality work while anticipating and resolving issues proactively
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a distributed, collaborative team

Nice to Have

  • Deep Rust expertise, especially with the Tokio runtime
  • Experience using Python or scripting languages in the context of trading strategy development

Our Environment

You'll work in a performance-driven, merit-based culture that values curiosity, initiative, and operational rigor. We offer flexible hours, full remote capability, and the autonomy to shape your role. Our team is built on trust, technical excellence, and a shared commitment to continuous improvement.

Compensation & Work Model

We offer a competitive salary package and support a globally distributed team. With flexible scheduling and no office requirement, you can work effectively from anywhere. We hire, reward, and advance based on performance and impact.

All candidates must pass a background check as part of the onboarding process.

Required Skills
RustTokioAWSLinuxShell scriptingPythonFIX APIREST APIWebSocket APIMarket data feeds RustTokioAWSLinuxshell scriptingPythonFIX APIREST APIWebSocket APImarket data feedsKubernetesDockerEKSnetworkingtrading systems
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A leading change-maker in the digital asset space providing services spanning market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks. Pioneers in adopting Rust for algorithmic trading and support Web3 startups through an Accelerator Program.
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Category backend
Posted a month ago