Senior Rust Engineer

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.

Requirements

• Design highly reliable services capable of handling significant traffic fluctuations
• Monitor backend performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement effective optimizations
• Design and develop scalable backend systems, services, and APIs
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges
  
  

Responsibilities

• Over 5 years of software engineering experience with a solid foundation in backend systems
• Proficient in Rust, with deep understanding of Ownership, Lifetime, and safety boundaries; or proficient in C++, able to write robust and efficient code
• Familiar with Tokio / async-std, with experience in asynchronous and multithreaded concurrent programming
• Experience in system-level performance optimization, familiar with caching, memory pools, object reuse, and other optimization techniques
• Familiar with network technologies such as TCP, UDP Multicast, epoll, io_uring
• Familiar with Linux performance tuning including CPU Affinity, isolcpus, IRQ Affinity
• Proficient in using performance analysis and benchmarking tools such as perf, FlameGraph, Cachegrind, Criterion
• Practical experience in deploying software in production environments, proficient with Linux
• Solid educational background: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related fields
  
  

Bonus Points

• Experience in high-performance system development and performance optimization with C++ / Rust
• Experience extending production databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB
• Experience building trading systems (exchange experience preferred) or financial/security constrained systems
  
  

Why Binance

• Shape the future with the world's leading blockchain ecosystem
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)
  
  

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