Staff Engineer Rust : DeFi

Overview

Staff Engineer : DeFi Rust at Keyrock. An experienced Staff Engineer and Rust developer to support the growth of our infrastructure. You will plan and develop new features, integrate liquidity sources and structure financial systems, and engage in technical discussions with the Architect to contribute to the global architecture.

The role suits an engineer looking for a challenge, with a passion for algo trading, crypto, DeFi, and low-level system thinking. You may occasionally integrate with poorly documented APIs from protocols.

About Keyrock

Since our beginnings in 2017, we have grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. Today, we rock with over 180 team members from 42 nationalities, predominantly remote with hubs in London, Brussels, Singapore and Paris. We trade on more than 80 exchanges and offer services across market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks. We are pioneers in adopting the Rust development language for algorithmic trading and support Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program, liquidity injections into DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols, and governance initiatives.

Our mission is to actively build the future of digital assets.

Job Description

• Support the implementation, setup and deployment of trading algorithms. Sign off on the technical approach for a given use case.
• Assist product managers on planning the implementation of technical solutions, making trade-offs and decisions aligned with the engineering roadmap and guidelines.
• Mentor other engineers and participate in code reviews.
• Review performance metrics and data analysis to identify weaknesses and optimize activities.
• Ensure processes are well documented.

Background And Experience

Nice To Have (not Essential)

The preference for this role is to be based in the Europe time zone in line with the wider team.

Interview Process

Offer and Our Recruitment Philosophy

We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills. We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals, with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit is a crypto enthusiast who is driven, collaborative, takes ownership and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.

Our offer includes a competitive salary package, autonomy in your time management with flexible hours and remote work, and the freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience as part of a team pursuing excellence.

As an employer, we are committed to a positive and collaborative work environment and hire, reward and promote based on merit and performance. Due to business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passage which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.

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