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Senior Rust Engineer

London, United Kingdom

Are you passionate about backend development and eager to make a tangible impact in the financial industry?

Join a leading global financial institution as a Senior Rust Engineer on a strategic, multi-year initiative to modernise a mission-critical equity derivatives trading platform, delivering a high-performance, stateless pricing library while promoting robust engineering standards within a quant-driven environment.

Essential functions

  • Design, implement, and optimise core components of a stateless pricing and modelling library for equity derivatives.

  • Write high-quality, performant Rust code, with a strong focus on correctness, readability, and maintainability.

  • Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to quants and engineers, helping improve engineering maturity within the team.

  • Contribute to architectural discussions and help translate quant requirements into robust engineering solutions.

  • Collaborate with platform teams to ensure smooth integration, deployment, and execution of the library across different runtime environments.

Qualifications

  • Strong proficiency in Rust, with hands-on experience building high-performance, low-latency systems in production environments

  • Solid understanding of numerical or pricing-related systems, with the ability to contribute to stateless libraries and performance-critical components

  • Prior experience in a technical leadership capacity (e.g. senior IC, tech lead or lead contributor), including code reviews and guiding less-experienced engineers or quants

  • Good grasp of quality engineering practices, such as automated testing, performance profiling, benchmarking, and maintainable API design

  • Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, collaborating with quants, platform engineers, and infrastructure teams

Would be a plus

  • Prior experience within investment banking, particularly in capital markets or derivatives-focused teams

We offer

  • Opportunity to work on bleeding-edge projects

  • Work with a highly motivated and dedicated team

  • Competitive salary

  • Flexible schedule

  • Corporate social events

  • Professional development opportunities

  • Well-equipped office

About us

Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ: GDYN) is a leading provider of technology consulting, platform and product engineering, AI, and advanced analytics services. Fusing technical vision with business acumen, we solve the most pressing technical challenges and enable positive business outcomes for enterprise companies undergoing business transformation. A key differentiator for Grid Dynamics is our 8 years of experience and leadership in enterprise AI, supported by profound expertise and ongoing investment in data, analytics, cloud & DevOps, application modernization and customer experience. Founded in 2006, Grid Dynamics is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices across the Americas, Europe, and India.

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