Entry Level Rust Jobs in Web3

About Keyrock

Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation.

Today, we rock with over 180 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels, Singapore and Paris, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight.

We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks.

But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We're pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives.

At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it.

Mission statement

We are looking for a bright, driven and ideally crypto native individual to join our Business Operations team, on a 6 month internship contract.

Job description

• Play a crucial supporting role in our operational projects, helping to tackle complex challenges from definition to implementation and unlock the firm's future growth and scalability.

• Actively assist cross-functional teams in delivering critical business outcomes. This involves utilizing first-principles thinking and in-depth due diligence to support the documentation of value, inherent risks, and broader implications of proposed solutions, ensuring measurable value.

• Contribute to bringing strategic solutions to life, from effectively structuring deliverables and executing rapid analyses for quick answers, to supporting their implementation and helping build more scalable solutions vital for Keyrock's long-term objectives.

• Drive operational efficiency and scalability by researching optimizations to core business processes and enhancing firm-wide automation initiatives.

Background and experience

• Academic Background: You're a final-year student or recent graduate with a Bachelor's or Master's degree. While a quantitative or analytical discipline is preferred, it's not essential.

• Problem Solver & Structured Thinker: You're eager to step up and help solve problems, actively seeking ways to contribute solutions. You enjoy making sense of messy situations and have a keen interest in building clear frameworks to bring order and structured thinking to complex, often ambiguous, problems. You're keen to bring forward new ideas and are receptive to feedback, ready to iterate collaboratively with your team.

• Proactive & Driven by Impact: You're a natural mover and a self-starter who doesn't wait for instructions. We value those who are relentlessly proactive and prefer to accelerate rather than need prompting. You're keen to take ownership of tasks and push them forward, with a strong desire to make a tangible impact, evident in your academic projects, part-time roles, or prior internships.

• Organized & Reliable: You're highly organized, reliable, and results-oriented, with keen attention to detail. You have a proven ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently.

• Data-Curious & Tech-Forward: You're energized by translating operational challenges into data problems and are eager to learn how to execute analyses to drive insights. You also have a strong interest in new technologies (like AI tooling) and understand their value within an organization.

• Clear Communicator & Collaborative: You're comfortable sharing your work and insights. You're also adaptable and engaged, appreciating a dynamic and flexible work environment, and you're comfortable staying engaged and responsive when needed.

• Committed to Growth: You actively seek feedback and are genuinely committed to continuous personal and professional development. You see every challenge as an opportunity to learn.

• Industry Interest: An interest in digital assets, blockchain, and financial markets is preferred.

• Prior Experience (Beneficial): Prior internship or project experience in a fast-paced environment (like consulting, finance, tech, or operations) is preferred but not essential.

Our recruitment philosophy

We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process. We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals. We're after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.

Our offer

• 6 months paid internship

• Hybrid work from our UK (City of London) Office

• Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours

• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence

As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.

https://keyrock.com/careers/