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# Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Payward Services

- **Company:** Kraken
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Layers, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Network Service, Software Engineering, Event Driven Architecture, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://eu.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/senior-software-engineer-rust-payward-services-united-kingdom-58868151

## About the Role

Experteer Overview As a Senior Software Engineer at Payward Services, you design and scale Rust-based services that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences with reliability and performance. You contribute to a large, distributed infrastructure that supports fintech partners, while maintaining security and safety. You work with a team of Rust engineers to deliver low-latency, revenue-critical systems and take end-to-end ownership of platforms. This role offers the chance to shape core infrastructure in a fast-growing, product-driven culture. Pay / Benefits * Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries powering trading, payments, and crypto experiences with focus on reliability and performance * Write reusable, testable, and efficient code for revenue-critical systems while maintaining safety and security * Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture to translate product requirements into resilient solutions * Work with hundreds of Rust engineers aa
end-to-end to a high-performance, product-driven engineering culture * Take end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries * Mentor other engineers and contribute to defining technical culture Tasks * 5+ years of software engineering experience * Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous Rust * Security-first mindset in system design * Ability to autonomously debug issues across OS, network, and application layers * Solid understanding of distributed systems including RPC protocols, Kafka, and event-driven architectures * Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints * End-to-end ownership of systems and libraries * Provide mentorship to other engineers and contribute to technical culture Key requirements *

## Description

Experteer Overview As a Senior Software Engineer at Payward Services, you design and scale Rust-based services that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences with reliability and performance. You contribute to a large, distributed infrastructure that supports fintech partners, while maintaining security and safety. You work with a team of Rust engineers to deliver low-latency, revenue-critical systems and take end-to-end ownership of platforms. This role offers the chance to shape core infrastructure in a fast-growing, product-driven culture. Pay / Benefits * Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries powering trading, payments, and crypto experiences with focus on reliability and performance * Write reusable, testable, and efficient code for revenue-critical systems while maintaining safety and security * Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture to translate product requirements into resilient solutions * Work with hundreds of Rust engineers contributing to a high-performance, product-driven engineering culture * Take end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries * Mentor other engineers and contribute to defining technical culture Tasks * 5+ years of software engineering experience * Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous Rust * Security-first mindset in system design * Ability to autonomously debug issues across OS, network, and application layers * Solid understanding of distributed systems including RPC protocols, Kafka, and event-driven architectures * Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints * End-to-end ownership of systems and libraries * Provide mentorship to other engineers and contribute to technical culture Key requirements *


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