On-Site
Rust Systems Engineer
EVM Infra Startup £120 000 - £180 000
London - United Kingdom
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EVM Infra Startup Rust Systems Engineer
Location: London, UK (On-site)
Visa sponsorship available
A profitable, venture-backed crypto infrastructure company is hiring a Rust Systems Engineer to build ultra low latency, high throughput blockchain infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
- Optimise systems processing tens of thousands of transactions per block
- Work on microsecond-level latency components
- Improve sorting and simulation pipelines
- Profile, optimise, deploy and iterate
- Ship code that directly impacts production performance and P&L
Requirements
- Strong systems programming in Rust or C/C++ with willingness to switch
- Deep understanding of concurrency and lock-free structures
- Strong knowledge of CPU cache, memory layout and branch prediction
- Experience profiling and optimising performance critical systems
- Comfortable owning systems end-to-end
Nice to Have
- EVM or blockchain knowledge
- Networking optimisation such as kernel stack or XDP
- Auction systems or game theory experience
Compensation
- Base salary: £120K-£180K depending on seniority; potential to go higher for exceptional candidates
- Early stage equity
- Uncapped performance bonus
- Private healthcare
Application process
- Your application goes directly to the Rust Jobs team. We manage hiring for this role on behalf of the company.
- Every CV is read by a human, not a filter. We assess it against the requirements before anything else happens.
- If your application is a strong fit, we'll reach out by email to introduce ourselves and walk you through the next steps with the company.
Application volume is high, so we can't reply to every candidate individually. If you haven't heard from us within 5 working days, please assume we're not moving forward on this occasion. Join our talent network to be considered for future roles.
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