Sylvan Bloch
Senior Rust Software Engineer
Sylvan Bloch
Software Engineer
Rust, Full Stack, Web3, High-Performance Systems
Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience, focused on building high-performance, maintainable, and accessible systems that exceed expectations and are a pleasure to work with for users and developers alike.
A few examples of my expertise:
- Backend web development with technologies like Axum, SQLx, Postgres, etc.
- Web3 off-chain infrastructure & high-performance trading (Solana, Ethereum, Aptos (Decibel)
- Desktop GUI/TUI/CLI Development (Linux, Windows)
Projects
A privacy-first, holistic cycle tracking app built with Dioxus in Rust. Your data stays yours - no subscriptions, no cloud lock-in, no compromises.
Designed with care for people living with endometriosis and adenomyosis, Soluna goes beyond basic cycle logging to support the full picture of your health - simply and without noise.
Coming Q3 2026 - mobile, web & desktop
- Rust
- Dioxus(App)
- Leptos(Site)
- Cross-Platform
- Cryptography
- UX/UI
- Fullstack
- TailwindCSS
A privacy-first fitness tracking app built with Dioxus in Rust. Log workouts, track progress, and own your data - no accounts required, no data sold.
Focused on simplicity and staying out of your way, LiftMap gives you the tools to track your training without the bloat.
Coming Q4 2026 - mobile, web & desktop
- Rust
- Dioxus
- Cross-Platform
- Cryptography
- UX/UI
- Fullstack
- TailwindCSS
A real-time multi-exchange data streaming platform built end-to-end in Rust. Live orderbook depth, trade feeds, and ticker data streamed across Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX and Bybit.
The UI is a reactive Leptos SSR app compiled to WebAssembly, with exchange health checks running as compiled Rust directly in the browser. The backend collects and publishes data via Redis pub/sub.
Full dashboard coming soon
- Rust
- Leptos
- WebAssembly
- Fullstack
- Real-time
- Finance
- TailwindCSS
Full-stack personal website built entirely in Rust - no JavaScript. The frontend is a reactive SPA compiled to WebAssembly via Leptos, with server-side rendering and seamless client-side hydration.
Most components written from scratch in pure compile-time validated HTML (powered by Leptos) and TailwindCSS, with some custom raw CSS for specific components
- Rust
- Leptos
- Web Development
- UX/UI
- Fullstack
- TailwindCSS
Experience
AUG 2025-PRESENT
Lead Rust Engineer & Architect
DataswyftLead architect of the Platform team powering all Dataswyft technology. Spearheading a strategic migration from Scala microservices to Rust, leveraging its performance benefits to reduce cloud costs and simplify long-term maintainability.
- Rust
- Microservices
- Architecture
- Scala Migration
2024-PRESENT
Rust Software Engineer
Stealth Startup
Co-developed a low-latency basis arbitrage trading bot across Ethereum and Aptos, integrating with major CEXs and DEXs. Took an Ethereum hack detection tool from broken PoC to production in under two months, leveraging Reth's mempool streaming for real-time threat analysis. Architected the organization-wide Rust library, improving build times and development velocity across all projects.
- Rust
- Tokio
- Blockchain
- Ethereum
- Aptos
- DeFi
- CEX/DEX Arbitrage
- Reth
- WebSocket
- ethers-rs
- alloy
APR-AUG 2025
Rust Developer
RocketseedCore Rust lead for high-performance email data processing, with full ownership of the Rust codebase and ongoing maintenance of the legacy C++ core. Served as Scrum Master, improving team documentation and architecture practices. Rewrote the Node.js plugin in TypeScript for improved reliability and performance.
- Rust
- TypeScript
- C++
- Node.js
- Agile/Scrum
AUG 2023 - APR 2025
Rust & C++ Software Engineer
Civil DesignerPioneered Rust adoption at the company, building the full CI/CD infrastructure from scratch on a self-managed GitLab server. Sole developer of a cloud analytics pipeline (Actix-web, SQLx, Postgres, AWS/Azure) ingesting data from thousands of CAD users, a desktop-to-cloud file sync tool, and a Vulkan/DX12 rendering backend that cut frame-time by over 400%. Bridged Rust into the legacy MFC application via WebView2 and WASM.
- Rust
- C++
- Actix-web
- SQLx
- Postgres
- Docker
- AWS
- Azure
- Vulkan
- DirectX12
- Leptos
- WASM
- GitLab CI/CD
NOV 2023 - PRESENT
Freelance Rust/C++ Engineer
Self-employed
Delivered end-to-end Rust and C++ solutions for clients across general applications, cryptocurrency projects, and 3D rendering - including a complete racing game built with OpenGL and Win32. Provided private tutoring and mentorship from consultation through delivery.
- Rust
- C++
- OpenGL
- Win32 API
- Teaching
APR 2021 - AUG 2023
Software Development Engineer
PeralexLed C++ and Java GUI development for commercial spectrum monitoring tools, and enhanced the in-house OpenGL rendering engine for improved data visualization. Established team-wide coding standards emphasizing simplicity and clean architecture, and contributed to data-intensive backend work with PostgreSQL and H2.
- C++
- Java
- OpenGL
- PostgreSQL
- GUI Development
DEC 2019 - AUG 2020
Vacation Work Intern
PeralexContributed to a TypeScript GIS for real-time aircraft tracking via passive radar, and built a C++/Qt GUI for direct hardware control. Introduced the Elastic Stack to the company for detailed radar performance monitoring and analysis.
- TypeScript
- C++
- Qt
- Elastic Stack
- GIS
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Credits
This site is built with these amazing open source projects and tools:
Leptos
Full-stack web framework for building fast, interactive web applications in Rust
Axum
Ergonomic and modular web framework built with Tokio
Tailwind CSS
Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development
Particles.js
Lightweight library for creating particle effects in JavaScript
Umami
Open-source, cookie-free web analytics - a privacy-first alternative to Google Analytics
Thank you to all the maintainers and contributors of these projects!