Senior Rust Desktop Framework Engineer

A financial firm is looking for a Senior Rust & Desktop Framework Engineer to join their team in New York, NY (Hybrid).

Pay: $100-125/hr

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain core Rust-based platform modules, ensuring efficient memory management and low-latency performance.
• Implement or integrate frameworks to deliver enterprise-grade desktop applications with reliable messaging layers and minimal overhead.
• Optimize concurrency, threading, and data streaming to handle real-time messaging & event processing with minimal latency.
• Profile, benchmark, and optimize Rust code to maintain consistent performance, even under heavy load.
• Lead and support other developers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions, championing Rust best practices.

Qualifications:

Required

• Proven track record developing high-performance Rust applications, preferably in mission-critical or enterprise contexts.
• Familiarity with Tauri, Electron, or other multi-window desktop technologies. Experience with custom WebView-based solutions is a big plus.
• Strong understanding of async Rust, multithreading, event loops, and performance tuning in a production environment.
• Comfort with modern front-end frameworks (React), plus knowledge of TypeScript, Node.js, or Next.js.
• Ability to deeply engage in discussions on system design and architecture and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred

• Experience in finance or other high-availability industries, optimizing latency and throughput for real-time data pipelines.
• Experience with Kafka, Kinesis, or other event-streaming frameworks.