# Rust Software Engineer (Contract)

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance, by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity. From our London HQ, we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together we’re building a world-class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas. As part of our engineering team, you’ll shape the platforms and tools that drive high-impact research - designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm. Take the next step in your career. The role The Custom I/O team builds the storage technology that sits underneath much of our research. We are developing a new distributed storage platform, written in Rust, to give us greater scalability, performance and operational control. You will work closely with researchers and other engineers to understand how data is stored and accessed, and help shape the design of a platform that many teams depend on. AI is part of how every team here works, accelerating thinking and delivering impact. All colleagues are expected to bring AI into their daily workflows. Key respo

- **Id**: 4096305
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/g-research-rust-software-engineer-contract>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T21:08:12Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T21:08:12Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3174
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Company events
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Machine Learning, Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

## Company

- **Id**: 445185
- **Name**: G-Research
- **Domain**: gresearch.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/g-research>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 58
- **Ghost share**: 0.017
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 97
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T21:08:12Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 97
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T00:03:46Z

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