Rust Backend Systems Engineer

Ventureups — United States · Posted ~21 hours ago

Mid Full-time Onsite No Visa

Skills

Production Rust Backend engineering Asynchronous programming Real-time systems High-throughput systems Database systems Trading and financial markets knowledge Rust C++ Tokio Relational databases Time-series databases Key-value databases Blockchain

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Join a fast-moving engineering team building millisecond-level backend infrastructure for real-time financial workflows. You will develop production-grade Rust systems involving high-throughput data processing, distributed services, databases, and complex execution logic. The role is suited to engineers with 2–4 years of backend experience and a strong interest in financial markets, low-latency systems, and emerging technologies.

Highlights

Work on high-performance, real-time backend systems at the intersection of trading, distributed systems, and blockchain. The role offers exposure to low-latency infrastructure, risk and liquidation engines, live market data, and complex execution workflows.

Description

🚀 Backend Systems Engineer — Rust | New York City Must be authorized to work in the US — no visa sponsorship We’re building the backend infrastructure for a high-performance, real-time trading platform — handling live market data, complex venue coordination, blockchain execution, and millisecond-level workflows. We’re looking for a Backend Systems Engineer with production Rust experience who wants to work at the intersection of trading, distributed systems, and blockchain. We’re looking for: • 2–4 years of backend engineering experience • Strong production Rust experience (C++ also relevant) • Strong async programming skills — Tokio experience a plus • Experience building real-time, high-throughput systems • Genuine, demonstrable interest in trading / financial markets • Experience with databases across relational, time-series and key-value systems • Startup, fintech, crypto, HFT or low-latency infrastructure experience You’ll be working on: • ⚡ Risk & liquidation engines • ⛓️ Blockchain state machines for trading & settlement • 🔄 Distributed coordination and consensus systems • 📡 Live market data + WebSocket infrastructure • 🚀 High-performance REST/WebSocket APIs Tech: Rust · Tokio · Distributed Systems · Blockchain · WebSockets · REST · Docker If you want to build the infrastructure behind a next-generation trading platform — this is a chance to work on systems where performance, reliability and every millisecond matter. DM me for details.