(Senior) Rust Software Engineer - Banking Platform (m/f/x)

(Senior) Rust Software Engineer - Banking Platform (m/f/x)

Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment and banking platform. We are looking for a Rust software engineer to build high‑throughput, low‑latency financial systems that process time‑sensitive data and execute critical workflows under strict performance constraints.

Responsibilities

• Design and build latency‑sensitive Rust services handling high‑frequency financial data.
• Implement robust, testable financial logic with strict correctness guarantees.
• Build and maintain streaming pipelines for real‑time inputs, event processing, and feedback loops.
• Optimize performance across CPU, memory, and network using profiling and benchmarking.
• Collaborate on API design, data models, and system architecture.

Qualifications

• A university degree in a relevant field or comparable qualification.
• Excellent systems thinking: latency, throughput, backpressure, and failure modes.
• Experience building high‑performance services in production.
• Experience with low‑latency systems.
• Strong analytical thinking both technically and in product domain.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Passion for well‑architected, testable, and documented code.
• Experience using coding agents (e.g., Codex) is a plus.
• Experience with domain‑driven design and microservices is a plus.
• Background in financial services and compliance or audit exposure is a strong plus.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work from abroad.
• International relocation support if required.
• Benefits package including company pension scheme.
• Monthly contribution to ‘Deutschland Jobticket’ (50%).
• Complimentary subscription to Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker.
• Discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.