Rust Systems Engineer

Rust Systems Engineer

Location: London, UK (On-site)
Visa sponsorship available

A profitable, venture-backed crypto infrastructure company is hiring a Rust Systems Engineer to build ultra low latency, high throughput blockchain infrastructure.

What You’ll Do

• Optimise systems processing tens of thousands of transactions per block
• Work on microsecond-level latency components
• Improve sorting and simulation pipelines
• Profile, optimise, deploy and iterate
• Ship code that directly impacts production performance and P&L

Requirements

• Strong systems programming in Rust or C/C++ with willingness to switch
• Deep understanding of concurrency and lock-free structures
• Strong knowledge of CPU cache, memory layout and branch prediction
• Experience profiling and optimising performance critical systems
• Comfortable owning systems end-to-end

Nice to Have

• EVM or blockchain knowledge
• Networking optimisation such as kernel stack or XDP
• Auction systems or game theory experience

Compensation

• Competitive base salary
• Early stage equity
• Uncapped performance bonus
• Private healthcare

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