Web3 Developer Jobs in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Rust Software Engineer to join our growing Digital Assets Technology team in Amsterdam. This is a unique opportunity to work at a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture. We value sharp, creative minds and challenge our engineers to leverage their full potential in a high-performance environment. This will be a hybrid role based in Amsterdam.

What you will do

• Work closely with trading desks to develop scalable and low-latency solutions for on chain Trading
• Build and maintain high-performance, real-time trading systems—Rust is central to our on chain trading infrastructure    
• Contribute to event-driven architectures and distributed systems handling large volumes of streaming data
• Contribute to our DEX trading infrastructure, including smart contracts, indexers, and protocol integrations
• Ensure high availability, low-latency, and robust security of back-end systems
• Work with Quant Researchers, Traders, and other Engineers to identify and implement automation and acceleration strategies for the Digital Assets desk
• Follow best practices in software engineering, supported by an exceptional working environment, modern tooling, and cross-team collaboration

What you need to succeed

• BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of commercial experience in software development
• Strong proficiency in Rust—this is our core language for our on chain infrastructure
• Solid knowledge of back-end architecture, including distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven designs
• Experience with performance tuning, concurrency, and low-latency applications
• Familiarity with infrastructure tools and environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Bonus points for experience with:
• • Blockchain/DeFi development (protocol interactions, smart contracts in Solidity or Rust, MEV, liquidity management)
  • Web3 tools and concepts: nodes, consensus mechanisms (PoW, PoS), on-chain data analysis
• Strong grasp of security best practices (API security, key management, transaction signing)
• Prior experience in trading or high-performance financial systems is a strong plus

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.