MLabs
MLabs
MLabs is a technology consultancy that helps organizations define, build, manage, and maintain complex software projects. Its work spans Haskell, Rust, blockchain, and artificial intelligence, supported by capabilities in functional programming, compiler development, DevOps, and full-stack engineering. The company primarily serves clients in fintech and information technology, offering technical expertise across the project lifecycle.

Backend Engineer, Rust and DeFi Infrastructure — Singapore Hybrid

Build Rust backend services, smart contracts, and sub-millisecond trading infrastructure. Support institutional decentralized finance with cryptography and distributed systems.

Description

  • Create and maintain high-performance Rust backend services and core infrastructure.
  • Develop, optimize, and audit secure smart contracts for advanced EVM environments.
  • Build and improve real-time trading systems targeting sub-millisecond end-to-end execution.
  • Work with foundational engineering teams on protocol architecture, cryptography, and scalable distributed systems.
  • Embed privacy-preserving cryptography, including Trusted Execution Environments, into the transaction pipeline.
  • Complete introductory, technical assessment, and practical evaluation stages.

Requirements

  • Professional experience with Rust and low-level systems programming.
  • Background in high-throughput quantitative trading, market-making infrastructure, or order-routing engines.
  • Experience designing, profiling, and optimizing high-performance, low-latency distributed systems.
  • Strong understanding of blockchain architecture and consensus mechanisms.
  • Experience developing secure smart contracts.
  • Working knowledge of mathematics and cryptography, including privacy-preserving primitives and Trusted Execution Environment architectures.
  • Able to solve problems independently.
  • Motivated to build resilient, scalable infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Equity compensation of 0.2% to 0.5%, depending on experience.
  • Work alongside experienced distributed-systems architects and Web3 specialists.
  • Tackle technical problems spanning quantitative finance and advanced cryptography.
  • Paid three-day work trial.
  • Equal-opportunity hiring and accessible job advertisements.
  • Reasonable adjustments available throughout the hiring process.
  • Accessible job-advert formats.

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