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AWS Rust Developer

Licensed sponsor London Full-time Posted 6 days ago

Role: Rust Developer

Experience: 7+ Years

Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Rust Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance applications and backend services. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Rust programming, system design, microservices architecture, and modern software development practices. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to build reliable, secure, and efficient solutions that support business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain applications using Rust.
  • Build scalable and high-performance backend services and APIs.
  • Design and implement microservices and distributed system architectures.
  • Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
  • Optimize application performance, resource utilization, and system reliability.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
  • Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making.
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues.
  • Contribute to CI/CD processes and software delivery automation.
  • Ensure adherence to security, scalability, and operational excellence standards.

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Rust programming language.
  • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
  • Experience developing RESTful APIs and backend services.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
  • Experience with asynchronous programming, concurrency, and performance optimization.
  • Proficiency with version control systems such as Git.
  • Experience with containerization technologies like Docker.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Preferred Technical Skills

  • Experience with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL).
  • Knowledge of message queues and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience working with Linux-based environments.
  • Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
  • Knowledge of software security best practices.

Good to Have

  • Experience with AWS Cloud Services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, CloudWatch, etc.).
  • Exposure to Kubernetes or container orchestration platforms.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Knowledge of cloud-native application development.
  • AWS Certifications.

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