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As a Platform Backend Engineer (Rust) at Keyrock, you will drive the development and maintenance of the backoffice and trading data platform systems at the core of our organisation. We are looking for a hands-on engineer who is experienced in building scalable, resilient, and high-performance systems and is eager to own the technical implementation of complex infrastructure. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, actively collaborates with cross-functional teams, and applies a product-centric mindset to solve technical challenges that directly impact our trading and risk capabilities.
Job Responsibility:
Rust Development: Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs using Rust, ensuring low latency and high availability for critical trading data platforms
Strong systems engineering fundamentals: Concurrency, memory management, networking, serialization, and observability Solid understanding of performance tuning and profiling in real-world systems
System Integration: Create seamless integrations between live trading operations (exchanges/DeFi) and backoffice systems, automating workflows to improve operational efficiency
Cloud-Native Deployment: Deploy and manage services in a cloud-native environment, leveraging AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform to scale infrastructure infrastructure-as-code
DevOps & Observability: Maintain GitOps-driven workflows, ensuring robust CI/CD pipelines and implementing deep system observability (logging, metrics, tracing) for rapid incident response
Database Optimization: Optimize data storage and retrieval strategies (SQL/NoSQL), balancing query performance, cost efficiency, and data integrity in a high-volume financial environment
Security & Compliance: Engineer solutions with a "Security-First" mindset, ensuring strict adherence to compliance standards and secure handling of sensitive financial data
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers, Risk teams, and other engineers to translate complex business requirements into reliable technical specifications and features
Technical Excellence: Actively participate in code reviews, contribute to architectural discussions, and mentor fellow engineers to foster a culture of high code quality and innovation
Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on emerging trends in the Rust ecosystem, cloud infrastructure, and blockchain technologies to continuously refine the platform’s capabilities
Requirements:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Proven experience in building and maintaining data-intensive, large-scale, high-performance trading data platforms
Strong expertise in Rust (or C++), Python, and TypeScript 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
Proficient in GitOps tools and methodologies for infrastructure automation and deployment
Strong background in DevSecFinOps, ensuring compliance, security, and cost efficiency across the development lifecycle
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring tools
What we offer:
A competitive salary package
Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence