Senior Rust & Desktop Framework Engineer (Contract)

Summary My client is a world-class hedge fund, looking to hire an exceptional senior-level developer as they build a a Rust-powered next-gen smart desktop platform. You'll be expected to have deep experience with the Rust programming language, performance optimizations, and desktop application frameworks. You will join the UI/UX team and collaborate with colleagues in Cloud, DevOps, and various other stakeholders, to ensure that the platform delivers apps with near-native performance, and a fantastic user experience. This role would suit an outstanding communicator who enjoys managing projects from the architecture and build stage through to performance tuning & optimization, alongside mentoring other developers and championing Rust best practices. Requirements Significant in-depth Rust experience, developing high-performance applications Knowledge of Tauri, Electron or similar multi-window desktop technologies; custom WebView-based solutions experience would be ideal Strong understanding of async Rust, multithreading, event loops, and performance tuning in a production environment Solid web tech stack experience, e.g. modern frontend frameworks (React); Typescript, Node.js, or Next.js. Desirable Experience in finance or other high availability industries Kafka, Kinesis, or other event-streaming frameworks experience Benefits Competitive base salary & bonus + world-class benefits Enormous opportunity to grow, learn and have an impact New ideas are always welcomed; career development is encouraged High-performance engineering culture with the chance to work with industry leaders