Payward

Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Consumer

In short

Senior Software Engineer role owning the architecture and delivery of Rust backend services for trading, payments, and crypto experiences at a crypto-focused product company. The work spans asynchronous network services, distributed systems, RPC, Kafka, and event-driven architecture, leading ambiguous multi-quarter initiatives and driving cross-team technical work. Requires 6+ years of backend engineering experience, deep Rust proficiency, product engineering ownership from problem definition to launch, mentoring experience, and AI-assisted development experience.

About the Role
You will own the architecture and delivery of Rust backend services for trading, payments, and crypto experiences. You will lead ambiguous product initiatives, deliver features end to end, shape roadmaps with product leadership, coordinate cross-team work, mentor engineers, and use AI-assisted engineering practices.
Requirements
•6+ years of backend engineering experience
•Deep Rust proficiency in network services, asynchronous code, distributed systems, RPC protocols, Kafka, and event-driven architectures
•Experience making production architectural decisions
•Product engineering experience from problem definition through launch and user impact
•Experience mentoring, conducting design review, technical writing, or setting engineering standards
•Experience driving cross-team or cross-organization work
•AI-assisted development experience
•Experience working across backend and frontend boundaries
Responsibilities
•Own the architecture and delivery of customer-facing Rust backend services
•Lead ambiguous multi-quarter problems from definition through shipment and measurement
•Own product features end to end across backend, frontend impact, and customer experience
•Partner with product leadership to shape roadmaps and own outcomes and metrics
•Drive cross-team technical initiatives
•Mentor engineers, review designs, and establish reusable standards
•Use AI to accelerate engineering work and define effective AI-assisted practices
Hiring Process
Job-related skills or work-style assessments may be requested; results are considered alongside experience and interviews.

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