Senior Backend Rust Developer

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The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Backend Rust Developer to join one of our high-growth client teams as a technical lead for their core systems. In an era where performance and memory safety are non-negotiable, you will be responsible for architecting and building low-latency, high-throughput services that serve as the backbone of the client's platform.

You will lead the transition from legacy services to high-performance Rust microservices, leveraging the ownership model to eliminate data races and ensure memory safety. This is a role for a developer who loves "getting close to the metal" while maintaining the productivity of a modern web stack.

What we are looking for:

  • Professional experience building production-grade applications in Rust. You should have a deep understanding of ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, and the Send/Sync traits.

  • Strong experience with the Tokio ecosystem and asynchronous programming patterns.

  • Proficiency with modern Rust web frameworks such as Axum, Actix-web, or Rocket.

  • Proven ability to design distributed systems using gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and message brokers like Kafka or RabbitMQ.

  • Advanced knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL preferred) and experience with asynchronous ORMs or query builders like sqlx or Diesel.

  • Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker/K8s) and deploying Rust services to cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).

  • Experience with profiling tools (e.g., flamegraph, valgrind) to identify and resolve bottlenecks in high-load scenarios.

  • Strong verbal and written English; comfortable leading technical discussions with cross-functional stakeholders.

  • Time zone: CET (+/- 3 hours). We are unable to consider applications from candidates in other time zones.

Nice-to-Have:

  • Experience with WebAssembly (Wasm) for edge computing or browser-based logic.

  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi).

  • Familiarity with "Unsafe Rust" and when (and when not) to use it.

  • Background in low-level systems languages like C or C++.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement highly performant backend services that are robust, maintainable, and type-safe.

  • Lead the shift toward memory-safe distributed systems, ensuring zero-cost abstractions are utilized effectively.

  • Conduct rigorous code reviews, emphasizing idiomatic Rust ("Rustacean" style) and safety best practices.

  • Architect secure and scalable RESTful and gRPC APIs for consumption by frontend and mobile applications.

  • Maintain high code quality through comprehensive unit, integration, and property-based testing.

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