Full job descriptionSenior Low Latency Rust Engineer – Electronic TradingLondon | Hybrid – max 3 days per week in office
We are assisting with the hire of an experienced low-latency engineer to join a specialist team building frameworks, libraries and performance tooling used across a large global electronic trading environment.
This is not a traditional BAU development role attached to one desk or application. The team works across multiple trading platforms, solving complex performance problems and helping define how latency-sensitive systems should be engineered.
Approximately 90% of the role is hands-on coding, with a major focus on Rust alongside modern Java.
What you’ll work on*Low-latency Rust and Java frameworks
*Event-sourced systems operating in the 10–100 microsecond range
*Market-data replay, backtesting and simulation tooling
*High-performance market-data processing
*Linux, kernel and systems-level performance optimisation
*TCP/IP networking and kernel-bypass technologies
*Performance profiling, benchmarking and latency reduction
*Frameworks and tooling used across 100+ technology teams
What we’re looking forYou’ll ideally come from a background in algorithmic trading, electronic trading, market data or another genuinely latency-sensitive environment. Financial Services background is not crucial.
Relevant experience could include:
*Rust, modern Java or C++
*Low-latency / high-throughput systems
*Algorithmic or electronic trading
*Market-data technologies
*Linux internals and kernel behaviour
*TCP/IP networking
*Solarflare / OpenOnload or similar kernel-bypass technologies
*KDB or other time-series databases
*Performance tuning and optimisation
You do not need to match every technology listed. The key requirement is genuine depth in high-performance systems engineering and an ability to understand latency across the full stack.
Why consider it?The standout here is the combination of:
Rust + microsecond-level performance engineering + large-scale production electronic trading.
You’ll remain deeply hands-on while working on engineering problems that sit underneath multiple trading platforms, rather than maintaining a single application.
Compensation: Highly competitive
Location: London
Working model: Hybrid, maximum 3 days per week in office
If you have a strong low-latency engineering background and would like to hear more, get in touch.