Backend Systems Engineer - Rust

Ventureups — United States · Posted ~3 hours ago

Mid Full-time No Visa

Skills

Rust backend engineering distributed systems async programming C++ Tokio databases

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A backend systems engineering role focused on high-performance applications, real-time workflows, and distributed architectures. The position requires strong systems programming experience.

Highlights

Work on high-performance backend systems involving real-time processing, distributed infrastructure, and advanced engineering challenges.

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.