Senior Software Engineer

🚀 Senior Software Engineer (Backend - Rust)

💻 Location: Remote (United Kingdom)

💰 Salary: Up to £145,000 base

Overview

A high-scale technology platform is looking for experienced Rust engineers to join a backend team building core services.

The team develops distributed systems and event-driven infrastructure that power high-traffic applications used by millions of users. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy designing scalable backend systems, solving complex technical challenges, and owning services end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and shared libraries in Rust
• Design and operate distributed systems supporting high-throughput applications
• Contribute to system design across microservices and event-driven architectures
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems
• Take ownership of services from design through production operation
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to engineering standards

Experience

• Experienced software engineer with a track record of building and operating Rust services in production environments
• Strong experience with asynchronous Rust and networked services
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architecture
• Experience with messaging or streaming platforms such as Kafka
• Comfortable diagnosing issues across the full technical stack

Technical Environment

• Rust with async frameworks (Tokio, Axum, Actix or similar)
• Distributed microservices architectures
• Event-driven systems and Kafka
• gRPC and high-throughput APIs
• Large-scale backend systems supporting significant user or transaction volume

Ideal Background

Candidates often come from high-scale technology environments such as fintech, trading platforms, payments, or large consumer applications. Engineers with experience building complex distributed systems (in Rust) in other industries are also encouraged to apply.