e are looking for a Senior Full Stack Rust Engineer to build and maintain production-grade Rust applications. This is primarily a backend role with some frontend development using React.
You will work on scalable distributed systems, backend services, APIs, SQL optimization, and cloud-native infrastructure. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on Rust experience in production environments and enjoys solving complex engineering challenges.
Location: Remote (EU) Engagement: Full-time, long-term contract Start Date: ASAP Language: English Time Zone: European business hours with 2-3 hours EST overlap
What You’ll Do * Design, develop, and maintain production Rust applications * Build backend services, APIs, and system-level components * Write and optimize complex SQL queries * Debug production issues, including performance, concurrency, and memory-related problems * Contribute to frontend development using React when required * Design and implement distributed systems and microservices * Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests * Deploy and maintain applications running on Kubernetes * Implement logging, monitoring, metrics, tracing, and alerting * Participate in code reviews and technical discussions * Mentor junior engineers and share Rust best practices * Use AI-assisted development tools (such as Cursor or Claude CLI) responsibly while maintaining code quality
Must-Have Requirements * 5+ years of commercial Rust development experience * Strong knowledge of Rust ownership, lifetimes, traits, async programming, and error handling * Experience with Rust frameworks such as Axum, Actix, Warp, or similar * Experience debugging production Rust applications * Strong backend engineering experience * Experience building scalable APIs and backend services * Strong SQL skills, including complex queries and performance optimization * Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar relational databases * Experience writing unit and integration tests * Understanding of CI/CD pipelines * Experience working with Kubernetes and containerized applications * Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, etc.) * Strong communication skills * Experience mentoring other engineers
Nice to Have * Experience with microservices and distributed systems * Experience with gRPC, message queues, and event-driven architecture * React and micro frontend experience * AWS or GCP experience * Infrastructure as Code experience * Experience using AI coding assistants such as Cursor or Claude CLI
What We’re Looking For * Strong production Rust experience * Backend-first engineering mindset * Experience building reliable, scalable systems * Passion for writing clean, maintainable code * Ability to work independently in a remote team * Good English communication skills
