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Backend Rust Engineer - Options Trading

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 19 Dec 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $90k - $130k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Fully Remote
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Fluent

Position

About the Job:
Since our beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. With a team of over 200 members from 42 nationalities, our predominantly remote workforce operates from hubs in London, Brussels, and Singapore. We host regular online and offline gatherings to maintain team cohesion.

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We trade on more than 80 exchanges and work with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our expertise encompasses market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks. We are pioneers in using the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading and support Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program, injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols.

We are looking for a Rust or C++ Engineer with extensive (HFT) Trading Systems experience to join our rapidly growing Options Business Unit’s fully remote engineering team. The ideal candidate must be willing to learn and become proficient in Rust.

You will be tasked with building and improving our low latency options trading system, solving significant business problems that impact our bottom line. We welcome candidates in either Asian or European time zones.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop scalable systems architecture and simple extendable APIs.
  • Work within a globally remote synchronous team, exhibiting strong problem-solving skills.
  • Own projects from initial requirements gathering through to deployment.
  • Maintain an operational mindset, with a grasp of infrastructure and deployments.

Required Skills and Experience:

  • 5+ years in expert low latency and/or data-heavy (trading) systems.
  • Strong experience in Rust and/or C/C++.
  • Experience with unit and integration testing, or equivalent functional testing approaches.
  • Knowledge of options trading or keen interest in the field.
  • Previous experience with exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is a plus.
  • Familiarity with PostgreSQL databases and protobuf-based protocols is essential.

Competencies and Personality Traits:

  • Problem-solving and pragmatic approach to system design and implementation.
  • Entrepreneurial thinking with attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills and a team player mindset.

Work Conditions:

  • Remote work with flexible working hours.
  • Competitive salary and various benefits depending on engagement method (employee or freelancer).
  • Commitment to building an inclusive, diverse, and non-discriminatory work environment.

Note: Background checks are performed on all potential employees as a prerequisite to joining the company.

Language Requirements:

  • Fluency in English is essential. Additional languages are a plus.
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