Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Payward Services
Builds reliable, low-latency Rust services and libraries for an enterprise platform supporting trading, payments, funding, and digital assets. Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, distributed-systems expertise, and proficiency with network or asynchronous Rust programming.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries powering trading, payments, and crypto experiences, with a focus on reliability, performance, and user impact.
- Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code that scales across teams and supports revenue-critical systems without compromising safety or security.
- Collaborate on large-scale distributed-systems architecture and translate evolving product requirements into resilient, low-latency solutions.
- Debug issues autonomously across the operating system, network, and application stack.
- Collaborate with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for appropriate system design.
- Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries.
- Mentor other engineers and contribute to defining the technical culture.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proficiency writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust.
- A security-first mindset when designing systems.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and event-driven systems.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience building B2B-focused products, ideally in fintech or crypto.
Compensation and Benefits
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis unless a specific deadline is stated.
- Job-related skills or work-style assessments may be part of the hiring process.
Skills
Rust, Network Services, Asynchronous Programming, Distributed Systems, Rpc, Kafka, Event-Driven Systems, Security, Operating Systems, Networking, Cryptocurrency, Fintech
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