Backend Rust Engineer - Trading

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. Since our beginnings in 2017, we have grown into a leading change‑maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation.

We trade on more than 80 exchanges, working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well‑established market maker, our services span market making, options trading, high‑frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks. We are pioneers in adopting Rust for our algorithmic trading and champion its use industry‑wide.

At Keyrock, we’re actively building the future of digital assets.

You will join our small but rapidly growing Options Business Unit’s fully remote engineering team, building out and improving our low‑latency options trading system. The position is open to candidates in Asian or European time zones.

• Very strong scalable systems architecture and simple, extendable APIs.
• Experience with low latency and/or options trading is highly valued.
• Capable of working in a wider team environment, in a globally remote async team.
• Pragmatic approach to problem‑solving through iterations, balancing business requirements with long‑term technical vision.
• Complete ownership from gathering initial requirements all the way to deployment.
• Operational mindset, understanding of infrastructure and deployments.

• Expertise in low‑latency and/or data‑heavy (trading) systems (5+ years).
• Strong experience with Rust and/or C/C++.
• Willingness to become an expert in Rust if not already proficient.
• Experience with unit, integration or equivalent functional testing approaches.
• Options trading knowledge or a keen interest is considered essential.
• Previous experience with exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is valuable.
• Experience with Postgre
  
  SQL databases and protobuf-based protocols (or similar) is essential.

• Problem‑solving and pragmatic approach to system design and implementation.
• Entrepreneurial, “big‑picture” architectural thinking with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills and a team‑player mindset collaborating within a fully remote global team.

• Initial HR interview
• Interview with the heads of the Options business unit
• Technical challenge (home‑work type, not a live coding challenge or pair programming)
• Challenge debrief (discussion of solution, thought process, and feedback)
• Offer

• A competitive salary package, with various benefits depending on engagement type (employee or freelancer).
• Autonomy in 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.

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse and non‑discriminating work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, creed and sexual orientation. Hire, reward and promote based entirely on merit and performance.

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

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Engineering and Information Technology

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