Senior Software Engineer – Rust

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Payward Services, you will design and build high‑performance Rust services that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences. You will work on real‑time coordination across distributed systems and ensure the platform moves money and assets safely at scale.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain robust Rust services and libraries with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.
• Collaborate on large‑scale distributed system architecture, translating product requirements into low‑latency, resilient solutions.
• Debug issues across the full stack—including OS, network, and application layers—and take end‑to‑end ownership of systems and libraries.

Required profile

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, preferably building network services or asynchronous code.
• Security‑first mindset with the ability to design robust, safe systems.
• Strong ability to work autonomously and mentor other engineers.

Required skills

• Rust programming language
• Distributed systems concepts and technologies (RPC protocols, Kafka, event‑driven architectures)
• Debugging across OS, network, and application layers