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GC-5338 Lead Recently added

Backend Lead

United Kingdom
11 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Leads backend architecture for a production trading platform handling real user funds, with single-writer state, idempotent workflows, atomic settlement, and fail-closed reliability controls. Builds low-latency Rust services using Tokio and Axum, including real-time gRPC and WebSocket data pipelines.

  • Normalized multi-source market data with freshness handling
  • Designed bounded-channel backpressure and workload-isolated job queues
  • Operated PostgreSQL, Redis, ClickHouse, Kafka, and Flink systems
  • Developed Solana programs for on-chain transaction workflows
RustTokioAxumTowerAsync programmingConcurrency
Interviewing now $130k-180k/yr
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JT-6966 Principal Recently added

Chief Product Officer

United Kingdom
18 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Architected electronic trading systems for FX and digital assets, including exchange connectivity, FPGA market-data adapters, trade capture, portfolio management, and risk controls. Also developed online machine-learning systems under extreme latency constraints and transactional platforms requiring extensive auditability and correctness.

  • Embedded Rust for performance-sensitive devices
  • OTC pricing and streaming infrastructure
  • PostgreSQL trade-booking database design
  • Mechanical-sympathy low-latency architecture
RustEmbedded RustPythonSQLPostgreSQLC++
Available in 3+ months £100k-150k/yr
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#HIRED Lead Recently hired

Staff Trading Systems Engineer

United Kingdom
6 years
Hybrid
Employee
Experienced software engineer with strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architecture. Proven track record delivering production systems at scale. Skilled in designing fault-tolerant services, optimising CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring junior developers across cross-functional teams.
  • Led migration of monolithic system to microservices architecture
  • Built high-throughput data pipeline processing 1M+ events per second
  • Designed and implemented real-time monitoring and alerting platform
RustTokioFIXPostgreSQLAWSKafkaRedisDocker
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AR-4825 Senior

Lead Blockchain Engineer

United Kingdom
8 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Designed and implemented smart contracts on Ethereum using Rust and Solidity. Developed decentralized applications with a focus on security and efficiency.

  • Designed smart contracts on Ethereum
  • Implemented using Rust and Solidity
  • Focused on security and efficiency
High-Frequency TradingConcentrated Liquidity ManagementTick-Range OptimizationOrder Book VenuesCross-Venue ArbitrageAutomated Market Makers
Interviewing now $90k-250k/yr
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NY-9729 Principal

Founder - Tech Lead

United Kingdom
25 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Led development of distributed systems using Rust and Java, focusing on high concurrency. Spearheaded integration testing frameworks in Python to enhance system reliability.

  • Built distributed systems in Rust and Java
  • Focused on high concurrency solutions
  • Led Python integration testing frameworks
RustPythonJavaAWSGoogle CloudAzure
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AF-2305 Lead

Lead Blockchain Engineer

United Kingdom
11 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Led the development of blockchain solutions using Rust and Solana, focusing on cross-chain interoperability. Implemented AI agents for automated contract execution.

  • Developed smart contracts for decentralized applications
  • Integrated blockchain solutions with existing financial systems
  • Optimized transaction throughput on blockchain networks
BlockchainRustSolanaAI AgentsCross-ChainSmart Contracts
Interviewing now $150k-150k/yr
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UL-6804 Principal

Software Architect

United Kingdom
20 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Designed high-performance computing systems using Rust and C++ for large-scale simulations. Developed a custom Haskell-based compiler for domain-specific languages, enhancing code generation efficiency.

  • Pioneered multi-threaded processing techniques in Python
  • Implemented JavaScript-driven interactive data visualizations
  • Contributed to open-source projects for distributed systems
RustC++CHaskellPythonJavaScript
Interviewing now £100k-120k/yr
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CB-5998 Lead

Quant Researcher (Contract)

United Kingdom
20 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Re-engineers Delta One and ETF trading software from Python to Rust, targeting lower latency, stronger data quality, and production deployment on managed financial infrastructure. Background spans market data, payments, settlement, digital assets, Kafka, Flink, Spark, and recommendation platforms.

  • Built event-driven financial data systems
  • Applied DataOps and MLOps controls
  • Worked with vector databases and Elasticsearch
  • Managed infrastructure through Terraform and Nix
RustPythonScalaJavaC#C++
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AM-4349 Lead

Systems Engineer

United Kingdom
10 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Engineered real-time systems using Rust and C++, focusing on performance optimization and reliability. Developed cross-platform software solutions with Java and Kotlin.

  • Implemented concurrent data structures
  • Optimized algorithms for large-scale simulations
  • Integrated hardware interactions in embedded systems
C++RustCPythonJavaKotlin
Interviewing now £50k-65k/yr
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SU-6689 Lead

Chief Technology Officer

United Kingdom
10 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Led development of blockchain solutions using Solidity and Yul. Applied machine learning techniques in Rust and Python to enhance predictive algorithms. Directed teams in building secure smart contracts and decentralized applications.

  • Blockchain solutions with Solidity and Yul
  • Machine learning in Rust and Python
  • Secure smart contract development
Machine LearningRustSolidityYulC#Python
Available in 1 month Salary on request
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CJ-7091 Principal

Staff Software Engineer

United Kingdom
20 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Engineered high-performance database systems optimized for complex query processing. Designed user-centric web applications with responsive interfaces and robust back-end architectures.

  • Integrated caching solutions to reduce database latency
  • Developed RESTful APIs for seamless client-server interaction
  • Implemented real-time data synchronization across distributed systems
RustGoTypeScriptPostgreSQLSQLReact
Interviewing now £130k-160k/yr
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AK-6257 Mid-level

Full-Stack Engineer

United Kingdom
3 years
On-site
Employee / Freelancer

Built payment, KYC, authentication, and transaction microservices in Go and Spring Boot for BNPL and logistics platforms. Designed Kafka-backed payment processing and PostgreSQL systems handling $250M in shipments, while achieving sub-120 ms p99 latency at 1,000 requests per second through sharding and Redis caching.

  • WhatsApp onboarding for 1M+ insurees
  • M-Pesa and mobile-wallet reconciliation
  • Terraform and Kubernetes infrastructure
  • BigQuery and Snowflake data workflows
TypescriptPythonSpringbootGoC++SQL
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JK-6024 Junior

Computer Science Student and Systems Programmer

United Kingdom
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Built an asynchronous Rust storage and streaming platform using Axum, Tokio, OpenDAL, and SeaORM, with PostgreSQL and SQLite persistence. Designed non-buffering payload delivery, transactional repository abstractions, schema migrations, and RFC-compliant parser crates for HTTP metadata.

  • Background cleanup service for stored objects
  • Multi-module entity relationship modeling
  • Standalone RFC 6266 and 8187 parsers
  • Open-source database infrastructure contributions
RustSeaORMTokioAxumOpenDALSerenity
Available in 2 weeks £24k-28k/yr
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JJ-8790 Senior

Freelance Software Engineer

United Kingdom
10 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Builds backend systems, desktop software, API integrations, and AI automation workflows across Rust, Python, and native C++. Recent work includes payment reconciliation, operational platforms, distributed services, and document-context retrieval pipelines.

  • Maintains PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, and SQLite systems
  • Deploys infrastructure with Kubernetes and Terraform
  • Implements REST APIs and webhook integrations
  • Builds LLM agents with n8n and Make
RustPythonC++C++20TypeScriptJavaScript
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DX-1561 Lead

Senior Software Engineer

United Kingdom
10 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Contributed to a multi-chain cryptocurrency bridge on the Ergo blockchain, implementing secure cross-chain asset transfers and integrations for Bitcoin Runes and Base. Designs event-sourced, domain-driven systems for real-time processing, using distributed messaging and containerized infrastructure across mission-critical environments.

  • Retrieval-augmented generation systems
  • Agentic workflow implementation
  • NATS and RabbitMQ messaging
  • Kubernetes and OpenShift operations
Software ArchitectureDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven SystemsReal-Time SystemsDesign PatternsDomain-Driven Design
Interviewing now $60k-100k/yr
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