Amsterdam
11 Aug 2026
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Senior Rust Engineer - High Frequency Trading (HFT)

Keyrock

Senior Rust Engineer - High Frequency Trading (HFT)

Keyrock is seeking a Senior Rust Engineer with deep trading systems experience and strong AWS knowledge to join its Capital Markets division. The role involves designing, building, and operating mission-critical low-latency trading systems in a fully remote, global team. Candidates with a passion for the Rust ecosystem and a proven track record in high-frequency trading environments will be at a significant advantage.

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Remote

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)
RustTokioAWSLinuxPythonFIXRESTWebSocketTCP/UDPDPDKLLMsMCP APIsCursorClaude CodeShell scripting
Soft Skills
OwnershipReliabilityInitiativeProblem-SolvingOperational DiligenceTechnical LeadershipCuriosityGrowth MindsetCommunicationTeam player

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and optimise low-latency, mission-critical trading systems
  • Own key trading stack components end-to-end — from architecture through to production operation
  • Collaborate closely with quants, traders, and engineers to deliver solutions that improve trading performance and resilience
  • Maintain and evolve trading infrastructure with a focus on performance, stability, observability, and operational excellence
  • Troubleshoot complex production issues across exchange connectivity, execution, and market data handling
  • Drive engineering standards through technical leadership, code reviews, and mentoring
  • Embrace agentic engineering principles: leverage AI-assisted workflows, drive automation of operational tasks, and help evolve the team's agentic tooling
  • Contribute to functional, component, and production-readiness testing for critical trading components
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