Lead Software Engineer – Rust

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer with strong expertise in Rust to take technical ownership of high-volume, distributed systems supporting critical processes.

This is a hands-on leadership role combining software architecture and development with technical guidance and mentoring of a small engineering team. You will play a key role in the modernization of the platform and work closely with global technology and operations teams to build scalable, high-performance solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, reliable, and high-performance distributed systems using Rust.
• Remain hands-on with software development, technical design, and code reviews.
• Contribute to the modernization and evolution of the platform.
• Support the integration of new products and capabilities into the platform.
• Define technical standards, architecture principles, and development best practices.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and delivery.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance to a small team.
• Translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Drive technical roadmaps, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform scalability and reliability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with proven technical leadership.
• Strong hands-on experience with Rust and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience designing distributed, scalable, and high-performance systems.
• Good understanding of concurrent programming and system architecture.
• Willingness and openness to working with C#/.NET as part of the existing technology stack and platform evolution.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development and modern engineering practices.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools such as Git, Jenkins, JIRA, or similar.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience mentoring developers or providing technical leadership.

Nice to Have

• Professional experience with C#/.NET.
• Knowledge of AWS, Kafka, serverless, or cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with React or Angular.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures.
• Experience in financial markets.