Senior Rust Blockchain Engineer
You will work in Rust on a fully on-chain order book, matching engine, execution layer, and custom consensus layer for a new Layer 1 blockchain. This L1 is being built from scratch for 24/7 trading of tokenised real-world assets, spot and perps.
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Senior Rust Blockchain Engineer
Rust, Layer 1
Remote
$175k - $250k
This Blockchain group has just raised $10m+. The group already has a live Ethereum L2 and a regulated stablecoin live in production. Currently, they’re building a new L1 from scratch for trading tokenised real-world assets, spot and perps, 24/7. This role sits on this new project, working on a fully on-chain order book and custom consensus layer in Rust.
They are seeking a Senior Rust Engineer with proven experience in system architecture and execution engines to own the design and build of our CLOB execution layer, order books, matching engines, and blockchain client logic.
Responsibilities:
Building the matching engine, order book, and exchange logic (order handling, risk, account/state management) in Rust
Working on protocol-level components, state transitions, consensus, validator interaction, and transaction pipelines
Optimising for low-latency, high-concurrency performance, with rigorous benchmarking and test coverage
Requirements:
5+ years in systems programming, with 3+ years specifically in Rust
Hands-on experience building exchanges, trading platforms, or execution engines (centralised or DEX)
A track record contributing to Rust-based L1 protocols (e.g. Solana, Cosmos SDK, Substrate)
Benefits:
Remote working
Owns the execution layer end to end
Competitive base salary + equity