Kyle Lester

Rust Engineer | High-Frequency & Algorithmic Trading Systems

Location:London, United Kingdom (London Area, United Kingdom)

Timezone:Europe/London

Experience:10 Years

Direct Rate

$65–$130/ hour (USD)

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About & Engineering Approach

Rust engineer with a background in high-speed analytics, databases, and algorithmic trading. Worked as a Rust engineer at Keyrock — a leading European digital-asset market-making and algo-trading firm. Specializes in parallel market-data processing, low-level ETL pipelines, hardware-interface integration, and high-performance AWS-based backends.

Core Technologies & Competencies

Primary Specializations

Rust

All Technologies & Tools

Rust

Parallel Computing

Algorithmic Trading

Liquidity

Low Latency

Python

Sql

Query Optimization For Databases

Amazon Web Services

AWS

Cloud Servers

Etl Pipelines

Processing Large Transaction Data Sets

Commercial Experience

Rust Engineer @ Keyrock (Full-time)

2025-01-01 — 2026-08-01

Developed fault-tolerant high-frequency trading services and connectors in Rust.

Data Engineer / Analyst @ Achilles Therapeutics plc

2024-02-01 — 2024-11-01

Developed bioinformatics data-processing pipelines on Python and AWS.

Data Engineer / Analyst @ Medpace

2023-01-01 — 2024-01-01

Data Engineer / Analyst

Selected Portfolio & Deliverables

Trading SystemCrypto Trading

HFT Market Maker Engine

High-frequency Rust trading engine with 140 exchange connectors, 99.95% uptime, and 310 µs average order latency.

rust

python

aws

sql

Data PlatformFintech

Market Data ETL Pipeline

Parallel market-data ETL pipeline handling 3.1 TB per day, cutting candle-aggregation time from 9 min to 40 s.

rust

sql

python

aws

AnalyticsTrading

Liquidity Risk Monitor

Real-time liquidity and risk monitoring for 60 pairs with 1.5 s alerts and 22% smaller drawdowns.

rust

postgresql

aws

docker

Vetting Standards

Identity & Commercial Track RecordVerified past employment and client references.

Code & Architecture AuditAssessed on production code standards and type safety.

Direct Contract SupportNo platform lock-in. Work directly with clear terms.

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