Senior Rust Software Engineer (Remote - Latam)

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Rust Software Engineer in Latin America.

In this role, you will architect and develop high-performance backend systems for critical applications, working on core infrastructure, APIs, and performance-sensitive components. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product, data, and engineering to deliver reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions. This position offers the opportunity to influence architecture decisions, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to the technical direction of complex systems. You will work in a fully remote, dynamic environment that values innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence. Your expertise in Rust and system-level programming will directly impact the performance, reliability, and scalability of production systems.

Accountabilities:

• Architect, develop, and maintain high-performance backend systems and APIs.
• Build and optimize performance-critical components, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with product, data, and engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, promoting best practices in code quality and architecture.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability for production systems.
• Participate in design decisions, balancing trade-offs between performance, maintainability, and scalability.
• Maintain documentation and support knowledge sharing across teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of software development experience with 3+ years in Rust production environments.
• Proficiency in Rust, including ownership, lifetimes, and concurrency.
• Experience with API development (REST, gRPC), service integration, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with containers (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and on-premise server deployments.
• Competence in SQL/NoSQL databases, data modeling, and low-level performance optimization.
• Strong English communication skills (written and spoken) and collaborative mindset.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and asynchronous programming.
• Nice to have: .NET/C#, Python, AI inference, medical device compliance, message brokers (Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ), contributions to open-source Rust projects, cloud platform familiarity (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Benefits

• Fully remote work within Latin America with flexible schedule.
• Opportunities for professional growth, mentorship, and skill development.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Access to cutting-edge technology projects and performance-critical systems.
• Opportunity to influence technical architecture and impact company-wide engineering practices.

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.
🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
📊 It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!