Senior Rust Engineer

Working on behalf of a clients, they specialise in leveraging cutting-edge research and technology to deliver innovative solutions that meet market needs. Our collaborative team brings together software architects, product managers, formal methods specialists, and QA engineers, all dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

They are looking for a highly skilled Senior Rust Engineer to join their dynamic engineering team. As a key player, you'll use your Rust, backend, and systems programming expertise to develop high-quality, efficient, and reliable software. You'll collaborate across multiple teams and time zones to design, implement, and maintain critical components of the products we build for clients, playing an integral part in their success.

Duties

• Follow agile software development practices.
• Work with teams across multiple time zones
• Work independently on software development tasks
• Be proactive and require minimal supervision or mentoring to complete tasks.
• Review specifications produced by architects and formal methods specialists
• Contribute to the design of algorithms.
• Write clean, straightforward, efficient code that satisfies previously agreed
• ceptance criteria and specifications.
• Commit often and submit small pull requests frequently
• Cover your code with unit, property, and integration tests when applicable
• Review the pull requests of your teammates
• Fix bugs in your code and legacy code from others
• Be available for emergency fixing of severity one issue on deployed products
• Integrate software components and third-party libraries
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software
• Write documentation for the code
• Write technical user manuals
• Be knowledgeable of distributed and concurrent computation
• Be knowledgeable of the basics of cryptography

Requirements

• Expertise in writing idiomatic Rust code that meets acceptance criteria.
• Ability to write efficient tests that provide adequate code coverage.
• Knowledgeable in distributed and concurrent computation.
• Understanding basic cryptography principles is desirable but optional.
• Strong analytical skills to break down complex tasks.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
• Proactive in identifying potential problems and implementing solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to document code and APIs clearly and concisely.
• Professional interaction with team members and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Efficient in time management and meeting deadlines.
• Adherence to software engineering principles to prevent feature creep and unnecessary complexity.

Education

• Minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience.
• Extensive experience working with Git and version control systems.
• Practical experience with agile software development methods.
• Proven track record of delivering software projects from inception to completion.
• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is desirable but optional.
• Proficient in functional and object-oriented programming paradigms.
• Familiarity with software development best practices, including design,implementation, testing, and debugging.

Specialist Skills

• Strong experience with the Rust programming language in production environments.
• Expert-level understanding of Rust’s ownership model, borrowing mechanics, lifetimes, and concurrency paradigms.
• Experience in developing web services and RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of HTTP protocols, accessibility, and security compliance.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and network development.
• Experience with concurrent programming and multithreading.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes).
• Understanding of continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Experience with software development methods such as test-driven development.
• Knowledge of cryptography protocols is a plus.
• Experience with Web3 technologies is an added advantage.

Benefits

How to Apply: Please apply if you think you would be suitable for this role. We look forward to your application and the opportunity to welcome you to our team.

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