IT & Software

Senior Low Latency Rust Engineer

McGregor Boyall Associates Limited

Islington · England · United Kingdom

Senior Low Latency Rust Engineer

Electronic Trading

London | Hybrid

max 3 days per week in office We are assisting with the hire of an experienced

low-latency engineer

to join a specialist team building frameworks, libraries and performance tooling used across a large global electronic trading environment. This is not a traditional BAU development role attached to one desk or application. The team works across multiple trading platforms, solving complex performance problems and helping define how latency-sensitive systems should be engineered. Approximately

90% of the role is hands-on coding , with a major focus on

Rust

alongside modern Java. What youll work on

Low-latency

Rust and Java frameworks Event-sourced systems operating in the

10100 microsecond range Market-data replay, backtesting and simulation tooling High-performance market-data processing Linux, kernel and systems-level performance optimisation TCP/IP networking and kernel-bypass technologies Performance profiling, benchmarking and latency reduction Frameworks and tooling used across

100+ technology teams What were looking for

Youll ideally come from a background in

algorithmic trading, electronic trading, market data or another genuinely latency-sensitive environment . Financial Services background is not crucial. Relevant experience could include: Rust, modern Java or C++ Low-latency / high-throughput systems Algorithmic or electronic trading Market-data technologies Linux internals and kernel behaviour TCP/IP networking Solarflare / OpenOnload or similar kernel-bypass technologies KDB or other time-series databases Performance tuning and optimisation You do not need to match every technology listed. The key requirement is genuine depth in

high-performance systems engineering

and an ability to understand latency across the full stack. Why consider it?

The standout here is the combination of: Rust + microsecond-level performance engineering + large-scale production electronic trading. Youll remain deeply hands-on while working on engineering problems that sit underneath multiple trading platforms, rather than maintaining a single application. Compensation:

Highly competitive Location:

London Working model:

Hybrid, maximum 3 days per week in office If you have a strong low-latency engineering background and would like to hear more, get in touch.

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