Hands-on Rust developer lead building secure, scalable cloud services. Design, implement, and optimize low-latency trading and pricing systems; mentor junior engineers; apply agile practices, CI/CD, profiling, and cloud technologies to deliver production-ready features.
This is a hands-on role where the associate will help build out the Rust Ecosystem and write code for new product features. It is a great opportunity to build secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-based services using modern software development practices. Associate will work closely with the technical lead and architects. As a senior technical member of your team, you will guide junior engineers and help develop their technical skills.
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years of technology experience in the development and implementation of software solutions in highly scalable environments using RUST as a programming language with a preference within financial technologies.
- Preferred experience in high-volume, low latency real-time messaging applied to electronic trading.
- Comprehensive experience in software engineering in an agile environment.
- Ability to help clarify user requirements and define accurate use cases.
- Proven hands-on development skills with technology leadership.
- Ability to translate business needs into technology solutions.
- Enhancing applications to support pricing, order management, trading, simulations, and monitoring.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
- 5+ years of IT experience as a developer.
- Excellent proficiency in Linux operating systems, shell scripting, multi-processing, and parallel computing (including experience in Python)
- Experience and expertise in profiling and performance turning software.
- Proficiency in enterprise design patterns and the ability to drive mature delivery practices through automation.
- Ability to apply Agile methodologies or iterative development processes.
- Proficient with CI & CD tools, version control systems and can handle development for multiple releases in parallel.
- Experienced with Git /Jenkins, NPM is highly preferred.
- Expertise dealing with big-data technologies such as Snowflake or similar.
- Familiarity with event driven and service-oriented processing is desired.
- Experience with digital assets and EVM is a plus.
- Eagerness to learn and demonstrate versatility in addition to your specialization.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to run multiple tasks at a given time.
- Demonstrated work experience with cloud technologies such as AWS. Industry certifications are welcome, but hands on experience and expertise are better
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 56,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 196,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Photon San Francisco, California, USA Office
San Francisco, United States
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