Senior Rust Engineer - High Frequency Trading (HFT)

KeyrockRotterdamRemoteFull-time11 Aug 2026

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 must be based in European time zones.

What you'll do

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

What you need

Must-have

RustTokioAWSLinuxPythonFIXRESTWebSocket

Soft skills

OwnershipReliabilityInitiativeProblem-SolvingOperational DiligenceTechnical LeadershipCuriosityGrowth Mindset

RustHigh Frequency TradingAWSRemoteSeniorCapital MarketsLow-latencyFinancial ServicesEngineeringCrypto

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