Rust Engineer Strategic Market Making— Exchange Connectivity

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Rust and/or C++ in production
• Proven experience building exchange connectivity: order entry APIs, lifecycle management, market data handling, parsing, normalization, and distribution
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals: concurrency, memory management, networking, serialization, observability
• Performance tuning and profiling expertise in production systems
• Experience with cloud-native deployment and operations (e.g., AWS)
• Pragmatic approach to reliability and operability in live trading environments
• Proactive mindset coupled with strong problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills across trading, product, and engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in modern C++ (especially in systems-level or low-latency work)
• Good working knowledge of Python and its use by quants
• Exposure to hybrid or DeFi on-chain DEX connectivity, RPC providers, MEV-aware workflows
• Familiarity with intent-based frameworks and matching paradigms in crypto markets
• Experience with FIX, WebSocket, gRPC, REST, custom binary protocols, feed handlers
• CI/CD knowledge for high-availability systems and DevSecFinOps cloud approach
• Experience with time-series data, event sourcing, deterministic replays
• Passion for and deep interest in digital assets and crypto trading

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• Flexible working hours and remote or hybrid opportunity
• Autonomy in time management
• Entrepreneurial experience as part of a high-performing team
• Inclusive, positive, and collaborative work environment
• Performance-based rewards and merit-based progression
• Background checks applicable for all potential employees

About the Company

Since 2017, Keyrock has been a leader in the digital asset space, renowned for innovation and industry partnerships. With over 200 team members of 42 nationalities, Keyrock offers a predominantly remote setup with hubs in London, Brussels, Singapore, and Paris. Keyrock supports 80+ exchanges, with active services in market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi. The company pioneers the use of Rust in algorithmic trading and contributes to the Web3 ecosystem, emphasizing a people-driven, inclusive culture and the advancement of digital asset markets.