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Rust Engineer – Trading Systems

An engineering role on trading infrastructure at a crypto market maker, in the Capital Markets division. The person owns low-latency components and works with quants and traders.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Own parts of the low-latency trading stack from design to operation
Debug production issues in exchange connectivity, execution and market data
Add component and production-readiness tests
Work with quants on strategy performance and resilience

What they ask for

Required

Production Rust, ideally with Tokio
Experience in systematic trading (HFT or market making)
AWS and Linux
Python scripting
FIX, REST and WebSocket protocols
Low-latency networking (TCP/UDP, DPDK)
Sound architecture judgement

Preferred

Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools

Education: Not stated
Experience: Senior-level experience in trading systems (title says Rust Engineer; body says Senior)
Languages and tools: Rust
Python
Linux/shell
Markets: crypto

How to prepare

Build a small Rust order-book or market-data handler with Tokio
Learn exchange connectivity: FIX and WebSocket feeds
Study latency measurement and kernel-bypass networking
Understand market-making and HFT risk controls

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Keyrock and doesn’t handle applications.