Rust Engineer, Keyrock

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Rust and/or C++ in production
• Experience in modern C++ is a plus, especially for systems-level or low-latency work
• Proven track record in building exchange connectivity:
• Order entry APIs and lifecycle management
• Market data handling, parsing, normalization, and distribution
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals:
• Concurrency, memory management, networking, serialization, and observability
• Solid understanding of performance tuning and profiling in real-world systems
• Experience with cloud-native deployment and operations in major clouds, e.g., AWS
• Pragmatic approach to reliability and operability in live trading environments
• Proactive mindset with strong problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication and a collaborative mindset when working with trading, product, and engineering teams

Desirable

• Keyrock’s Strategic Market Making (StratMM) team is hiring a Rust Engineer to build and evolve our hybrid CEX/DEX exchange connectivity layer
• You will own and manage our team's integration path for exchange venues, handling abstractions for execution logic and market data ingestion, while also exploring a low-lift integration model to enable rapid, cost-effective initial support for new trading venues with the flexibility to upgrade to more robust, permanent implementations later
• This role collaborates closely with the trading desk, requiring a product-oriented mindset
• Design, build, and maintain high-performance exchange connectivity for orders and market data across multiple venues
• Work on connectivity to novel liquidity access platforms, such as intent-based venues
• Deliver robust, observable services with clear SLAs and graceful failure modes
• Optimize for latency, throughput, and stability in production environments
• Collaborate regularly with traders, quants, and product teams to translate strategy needs into reliable systems
• Establish strong testing, simulation, and replay workflows for fast and safe iteration
• Champion code quality, observability, incident response, and performance profiling, embedding security at every stage
• Help shape technical standards and mentor teammates in a high-caliber engineering group
• How we work:
• Impact-driven: small, experienced team with high ownership and short feedback loops
• Production-first: rigorous testing, staged rollouts, and observability baked in
• Partnership with trading: rapid iteration with tight alignment to strategy needs
• Quality mindset: code reviews, benchmarks, and a post-incident learning culture