Rust Developer

About the Role

At Ceryneian, we’re building a next-generation, research-driven algorithmic trading platform aimed at democratizing access to hedge fund-grade financial analytics. Headquartered in California, Ceryneian is a fintech innovation company dedicated to empowering traders with sophisticated yet accessible tools for quantitative research, strategy development, and execution.

Our flagship platform is currently under development. As a Backend Engineer, you will play a foundational role in designing and building the core trading engine and research infrastructure from the ground up. Your work will focus on developing performance-critical components that power backtesting, real-time strategy execution, and seamless integration with brokers and data providers. You’ll be responsible for bridging core engine logic with Python-based strategy interfaces, supporting a modular system architecture for isolated and scalable strategy execution, and building robust abstractions for data handling and API interactions. This role is central to delivering the reliability, flexibility, and performance that our users will rely on in fast-moving financial markets.

We are a remote-first team and are open to hiring exceptional candidates globally.

Core Tasks

·      Build and maintain the trading engine core for execution, backtesting, and event logging.

·      Develop isolated strategy execution runners to support multi-user, multi-strategy environments.

·      Implement abstraction layers for brokers and market data feeds to offer a unified API experience.

·      Bridge the core engine language with Python strategies using gRPC, ZeroMQ, or similar interop technologies.

·      Implement logic to parse and execute JSON-based strategy DSL from the strategy builder.

·      Design compute-optimized components for multi-asset workflows and scalable backtesting.

·      Capture real-time state, performance metrics, and slippage for both live and simulated runs.

·      Collaborate with infrastructure engineers to support high-availability deployments.

Top Technical Competencies

·      Proficiency in distributed systems, concurrency, and system design.

·      Strong backend/server-side development skills using C++, Rust, C#, Erlang, or Python.

·      Deep understanding of data structures and algorithms with a focus on low-latency performance.

·      Experience with event-driven and messaging-based architectures (e.g., ZeroMQ, Redis Streams).

·      Familiarity with Linux-based environments and system-level performance tuning.

Bonus Competencies

·      Understanding of financial markets, asset classes, and algorithmic trading strategies.

·      3–5 years of prior Backend experience.

·      Hands-on experience with backtesting frameworks or financial market simulators.

·      Experience with sandboxed execution environments or paper trading platforms.

·      Advanced knowledge of multithreading, memory optimization, or compiler construction.

·      Educational background from Tier-I or Tier-II institutions with strong computer science fundamentals, a passion for scalable system design, and a drive to build cutting-edge fintech infrastructure.

What We Offer

·      Opportunity to shape the backend architecture of a next-gen fintech startup.

·      A collaborative, technically driven culture.

·      Competitive compensation with performance-based bonuses.

·      Flexible working hours and a remote-friendly environment for candidates across the globe.

·      Exposure to financial modeling, trading infrastructure, and real-time applications.

·      Collaboration with a world-class team from Pomona, UCLA, Harvey Mudd, and Claremont McKenna.

Ideal Candidate

You’re a backend-first thinker who’s obsessed with reliability, latency, and architectural flexibility. You enjoy building scalable systems that transform complex strategy logic into high-performance, real-time trading actions. You think in microseconds, architect for fault tolerance, and build APIs designed for developer extensibility.

Summary: 

You will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and optimizing smart contracts and zero-knowledge proof (ZK) circuits using Solidity and Rust programming languages. You will work closely with our development team to build scalable and secure blockchain solutions that leverage zero-knowledge proofs for privacy and scalability enhancements. 

It is an amazing opportunity to work on cutting edge fintech Key 

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy smart contracts on Ethereum and other blockchain platforms using Solidity. 
• Implement zero-knowledge proof circuits and protocols in Rust for privacy-preserving and scalable blockchain applications. 
• Collaborate with the research team to explore and implement cutting-edge cryptographic techniques for zero-knowledge proofs. 
• Optimize smart contracts and zero-knowledge proof circuits for performance, scalability, and security. 
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure the quality and robustness of the codebase. 
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in blockchain technology, zero-knowledge proofs, and decentralized finance (DeFi). 
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including software engineers, and product managers to deliver high-quality blockchain solutions. 
• Contribute to the development of technical documentation, including specifications, architecture diagrams, and developer guides.

Context for the Candidates:

Blockchain engineers are tasked with building secure, scalable, and high-performance decentralized applications. This discussion focuses on how to utilize key technologies—Node.js, Rust, Go, TypeScript, Ethers.js, viem, and Hardhat—in smart contract and blockchain system development, while addressing the practical challenges that arise in such projects.

Key Discussion Points:

• How do you integrate Node.js, Rust, Go, and TypeScript in blockchain-backed applications?

• Discuss the trade-offs between using Rust or Go for performance-critical blockchain services.

• What are the key challenges in ensuring the security and scalability of smart contracts using tools like Ethers.js, viem, and Hardhat?

• How do you approach testing, debugging, and deploying smart contracts in a decentralized environment?

• Share best practices for gas optimization, contract upgradability, and backend scalability.

Evaluation Criteria:

1. Technical Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of Node.js, Rust, Go, and TypeScript with practical experience in blockchain development.

• Proficiency in Ethers.js, viem, Hardhat, and smart contract lifecycle (development, testing, deployment).

• Understanding of security best practices, performance optimizations, and scalability in decentralized systems.

2. Problem-Solving and Integration Skills:

• How candidates approach integrating smart contract solutions with backend services using Node.js, Rust, Go, and TypeScript.

• Solutions proposed for common challenges in blockchain projects such as gas fees, security vulnerabilities, and system bottlenecks.

3. Experience and Expertise:

• Minimum of 2 years of IT experience, including hands-on development with the specified technologies.

• Practical knowledge of blockchain architecture, consensus mechanisms, and decentralized application deployment.

4. Innovation and Critical Thinking:

• Candidates’ ability to think creatively about system architecture, proposing scalable and secure solutions for blockchain-based applications.

• Discussion on the future potential of blockchain technology and how the tech stack can evolve.

5. Communication and Team Collaboration:

• Clear articulation of technical challenges and how to address them in a team setting.

• Ability to lead or contribute to discussions in a way that encourages collaboration and team-driven problem-solving.

The tech stack looks like the below (expect this to change as we scale):

1. Typescript for APIs (REST and GraphQL)
2. Kafka, Spark, and data warehouses for ML pipelines (spark on python/scala)
3. Solidity + hardhat for smart contracts (in the future, rust, go and move)
4. AWS & Terraform
5. Full nodes

You can expect to do some or all of the following:

1. Read through protocols’ whitepapers and smart contracts to derive metrics and analyze risks
2. Architect the backend for APIs, async jobs, and blockchain integration
3. Build clean, concise APIs for customer integration, along with the documentation
4. Setup, run and maintain full and archive nodes across different chains
5. Integrate with multiple partners like exchanges and custody providers
6. Fool-proof security across the stack - encryption, hashing, privacy, VPC, etc.
7. Infrastructure as code - build terraform scripts and ensure easy replication of the infra across different regions
8. Research the top DeFi protocols to uncover better insights for our customers and evaluate their risk profiles, security, and historical returns
9. Manage production deployments, logging, and monitoring

We expect you to be fairly comfortable with working with both web3 and web2 stacks. We do not expect that you have web3 experience on day 1, but you should be willing to wear multiple hats, learn things quickly and move fast.

1. Generalist, a solid engineer who can learn things on your own and have an eye for clean, tested, and well-documented code
2. We don’t look at the number of years of work experience as a criterion, but rather see what you have done in your life so far (side projects, open-source contributions, blogs, etc.). We don’t care about degrees, the institutions you went to, or the companies you worked for before. We are open to talking as long as you have good judgment, great clarity, align with our values and have a strong track record of thoughtful work
3. Understand the fundamentals of building and integrating APIs and secure systems. Bonus if you know a bit about blockchains and protocols
4. You can be strong on the backend, front-end, or can dabble everywhere. We want you to play to your strengths and will provide enough opportunities to learn and do things outside of your comfort zone

Pay and benefits We offer a solid, competitive package (including early-stage equity) that is location agnostic. We give you the flexibility to choose the split between cash and equity.

Do you have what it takes?

·      Proficient in C, C++ development, OS concepts, Data Structures, Distributed computing, and Algorithms.

·      Actively engaged in projects related to architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling).

·      Excellent problem-solving capability with strong fundamentals in Computer Science.

·      Highly proficient in data structures and algorithms.

·      Ability to pick up new technologies rapidly to convert specifications to low level design.

·      Ability to clearly communicate the intent and approach when producing a code design document.

How can you contribute to our success?

·      Develop frontend as well as backend components for delivering product on cloud platforms.

·      Participate in activities that lead up to the code design. This may include activities such as developing prototypes, proof of concept, compare pros and cons of various implementation choices being considered and recommending the most appropriate one.

·      Mentor and influence junior developers to adhere to good coding standards and become quality conscious.

·      Review critical pieces of code that are developed as per this code design.

·      Ensure that the code being delivered is of the highest quality.

·      Ensure appropriate unit tests and functional as well as non-functional tests are considered.

·      Conceptualize and work towards building processes, methodology, and tools to improve team’s ability to deliver high quality software. 

Have you streamed a program on Disney+, watched your favorite binge-worthy series on Peacock or cheered your favorite team on during the World Cup from one of the 20 top streaming platforms around the globe? If the answer is yes, you’ve already benefitted from Conviva technology, helping the world’s leading streaming publishers deliver exceptional streaming experiences and grow their businesses. 

Conviva is the only global streaming analytics platform for big data that collects, standardizes, and puts trillions of cross-screen, streaming data points in context, in real time. The Conviva platform provides comprehensive, continuous, census-level measurement through real-time, server side sessionization at unprecedented scale. If this sounds important, it is! We measure a global footprint of more than 500 million unique viewers in 180 countries watching 220 billion streams per year across 3 billion applications streaming on devices. With Conviva, customers get a unique level of actionability and scale from continuous streaming measurement insights and benchmarking across every stream, every screen, every second.

What you get to do in this role:

Work on extremely high scale RUST web services or backend systems.

Design and develop solutions for highly scalable web and backend systems.

Proactively identify and solve performance issues.

Maintain a high bar on code quality and unit testing.

What you bring to the role:

5+ years of hands-on software development experience.

At least 2+ years of RUST development experience.

Knowledge of cargo packages for kafka, redis etc.

Strong CS fundamentals, including system design, data structures and algorithms.

Expertise in backend and web services development.

Good analytical and troubleshooting skills.

What will help you stand out:

Experience working with large scale web services and applications.

Exposure to Golang, Scala or Java

Exposure to Big data systems like Kafka, Spark, Hadoop etc.

Underpinning the Conviva platform is a rich history of innovation. More than 60 patents represent award-winning technologies and standards, including first-of-its kind-innovations like time-state analytics and AI-automated data modeling, that surfaces actionable insights. By understanding real-world human experiences and having the ability to act within seconds of observation, our customers can solve business-critical issues and focus on growing their business ahead of the competition. Examples of the brands Conviva has helped fuel streaming growth for include: DAZN, Disney+, HBO, Hulu, NBCUniversal, Paramount+, Peacock, Sky, Sling TV, Univision and Warner Bros Discovery.  

Privately held, Conviva is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California with offices and people around the globe. For more information, visit us at www.conviva.com. Join us to help extend our leadership position in big data streaming analytics to new audiences and markets! 

Antier, a leading brand in Crypto Assets Management, is looking for a Golang Developer capable of writing custom blockchains and have good knowledge of C++ or Rust / Golang.

Antier – a leading blockchain development company – harnesses the power of blockchain and other technologies like distributed ledger and smart contracts to build scalable, asset agnostic applications such as white label exchange platforms (centralized, decentralized and P2P), smart wallets, ICO, STO, tokens and other enterprise blockchain solutions development. Our experts follow design thinking-driven approach to identify blockchain use cases and create intelligent strategies around the same to accelerate your deployments. Together, we are decentralizing the world by combining our deep domain expertise and rich experience to deliver blockchain solutions at enterprise scale. 

Experience: 1-4 years

Required Skills: 

1. Able to write programs with a compiled language (C/C++, Go, or Rust)
2. Must have knowledge of SQL Database programming.
3. Degree or equivalent in Software Engineering.
4. Problem-solving skills.
5. Excited to learn and develop blockchain technology (No experience yet? No problem!)
6. Possess a strong sense of ownership in your work, which drives you to find ways to do things better and faster.
7. Always up-to-speed on the latest technologies.
8. Constantly on the lookout for new and innovative ways to solve complex problems through rigorous experimentation.
9. Your communication style is open, transparent, and direct, and you consistently work in tight collaboration with your teammates.
10. Always open to feedback, new ideas, and opportunities for self-improvement.
11. Ability to work independently as well as collaborate with a small team of developers on various work streams and guide them on development tasks, perform code reviews and ensure design and coding are adhering to architectural standards.

We harness the potential of varied Blockchain platforms to deliver innovative enterprise grade blockchain solutions that make a difference. Get a chance to explore  a completely new environment of working.

We at Wow Labz are always striving to look for exciting problems to solve. Whether we’re creating new products or helping a small startup extend its reach, we build from our heart. We’re entrepreneurial and we love new ideas. Fun culture with a team that cares about your development and growth.

You will be a part of Wow Labz’s core development team, building new software and defining standards for our very own blockchain product. You will be involved in defining technical specifications, implementing design patterns and hands-on development. You will be writing modules that all the other developers would use, including libraries, APIs, database/ storage connections and third party integrations. Your diligence and patience to build highly-secured, scalable and high-performance solutions will be most valued.

• Understanding Rust design patterns and writing performant and maintainable code in the language
• Solving development challenges and making architectural decisions by understanding the larger picture of the project’s goals.
• Expanding your existing skill-set, and picking up on various rust dependent frameworks.
• Writing code that other developers use, including libraries, APIs and configurations.
• Building secure and high-performance networked applications.
• Paying close attention to unit-testing and security.
• Confidently communicating and collaborating with your fellow developers in a remote team environment.

• 1-2 year of core Rust development experience
• 2 or more years of software development experience
• Strong understanding of macros, traits, generics and lifetimes
• Experience with Cargo, including dependency management
• Experience with frameworks like HyperWeb, Mio, Tokio, Rocket and Actix (at least two)
• Experience using the Git Version Control System (VCS)
• Experience with CI tools like Rustfmt, Clippy or Rustfix
• Experience writing Unit Tests using Rustfmt or similar 
• Exposure to performance benchmarking
• Exposure to serverless products like AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Cloudflare Workers 
• Motivated by challenging projects, and you absolutely love developing with Rust.
• Developed multi-threaded software and understand the asynchronous functionalities.

• Experience with blockchain and/or Substrate is a plus
• Experience in Mongodb, MySQL, or Javascript is a plus
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS/ Azure/GCP is a plus
• Software architecture and API design knowledge is a plus

• Curious and aware of the latest digital and social media trends
• Extremely self-driven and able to execute in a diligent manner
• Strong relationship-building skills
• Exceptional analytical reasoning, problem-solving, and creative thinking skills
• Team player that thrives in a collaborative environment
• You can work cross-functionally and collaborative on common goals
• Fluent in English, written and spoken
• Capacity to foster a healthy, stimulating work environment that frequently harnesses teamwork