Software Engineer (Rust) – Build Scalable FinTech Services

About the role

Payward Services is looking for a Rust‑focused Software Engineer to design and scale the core services that power its trading, payments and digital‑asset platform. You will join a large team of Rust engineers building high‑performance, low‑latency systems that handle billions of dollars in transactions daily.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain robust Rust services and libraries for trading, payments and crypto workflows.
• Write reusable, testable, high‑efficiency code that meets security and performance standards.
• Collaborate on the architecture of large‑scale distributed systems, translating product requirements into resilient solutions.
• Debug and resolve issues across the full stack, including operating system, network and application layers.
• Take end‑to‑end ownership of components, from design through production monitoring.

Required profile

• 3+ years of software engineering experience, preferably with network or asynchronous services.
• Security‑first mindset when designing systems.
• Ability to work autonomously and own the full lifecycle of services.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with product teams.

Required skills

• Rust programming language.
• Asynchronous programming and network services.
• Distributed systems concepts.
• RPC protocols.
• Kafka and event‑driven architectures.
• Debugging across OS, network and application layers.