Software Engineer - Rust - Payward Services
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COMPENSATION
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- Fully remote
- Rust expertise required
- Distributed systems focus
- 3+ years experience
- Fintech infrastructure
Join the Payward Services team to build the underlying systems that enable companies to integrate trading, payments, and digital asset services. You will design and scale real-time coordination services and infrastructure that enterprise partners rely on for secure, high-volume transactions.
This role involves working with hundreds of experienced Rust engineers to create low-latency, resilient solutions. You will take end-to-end ownership of libraries and services, ensuring they meet strict reliability and security standards while supporting revenue-critical operations.
What you'll do
- Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries for trading and payments
- Write reusable, testable, and efficient code for revenue-critical systems
- Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture
- Translate product requirements into resilient, low-latency solutions
- Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries
What you'll need
- At least 3 years of software engineering experience
- Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust
- Security-first mindset during system design
- Ability to autonomously debug issues across OS, network, and application layers
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, RPC protocols, and Kafka
- Experience collaborating with product teams to gather requirements
Nice to have
- Experience building B2B focused products
- Background in fintech or crypto space
Stack
- Rust
- Kafka
- RPC protocols
- Event-Driven Systems
Hiring process
- Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Job-related skills or work-style assessments may be required
- Assessments evaluated alongside experience and interviews