Binance is hiring a Senior Rust Engineer （Performance engineering) in Engineering — Asia.
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)
Binance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a diverse workforce is fundamental to our success.
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About Binance
Binance, launched in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao in Shanghai and now globally distributed, is the largest crypto exchange by spot and derivatives volume, serving 180M+ registered users. Its ecosystem spans Binance Exchange, BNB Chain, Trust Wallet, Labs investments and institutional custody. After settling major regulatory actions in 2023-24, Binance rebuilt its compliance stack and expanded in Dubai, Paris and Brazil. Location spread reflects its distributed model with hubs in Dubai, Taipei and remote. Candidates should expect high bar for detail, on-call ownership and ability to ship at exchange scale. On Hashtag Web3, Binance has 265 active roles listed — including Binance Accelerator Program - Product Operations (Earn & TradFi), Compliance Specialist, Traditional Finance PMO (CEO Office) in Hong Kong, UAE, Dubai, Asia.