Location: London / hybrid
Salary: £80,000-£125,000 + bonus and benefits (trading and low-latency roles can pay more)
Type: Permanent, full time
Our client, an innovative UK technology company building high-performance software, is hiring a Rust engineer for core systems where speed, safety and reliability really matter. You'll join a small, highly technical team.
What you'll do:
- Build and maintain performance-critical systems and backend services in Rust
- Profile and optimise code for speed, memory use and reliability
- Work on concurrent, networked and distributed components
- Integrate with existing C++ and Python code where needed
- Write well-tested code and contribute to code reviews and CI
- Debug and improve systems running on Linux in production
What you'll bring:
- Commercial or substantial open-source experience with Rust
- Strong C++ engineers keen to move into Rust will also be considered
- A solid understanding of concurrency, memory management and performance
- Comfortable working in Linux environments
- Python for tooling and scripting
- Networking, distributed systems or embedded experience a plus
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD
Benefits: Bonus, pension, private healthcare and, with some clients, share options.
Rust Engineer – Systems / Backend in City of London employer: Eclipse IT Recruitment
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