Senior Rust Developer to $7000

Requirements:
 

• 5+ years of commercial experience with Rust;
• experience with async Rust (Tokio or similar runtimes), competitiveness;
• strong background in distributed systems and high-load backend architectures (message brokers, streaming, microservices);
• hands-on experience with gRPC (services, clients, interceptors, authentication, networking);
• solid understanding of cloud-native environments, including AWS and Kubernetes (developer level);
• experience with authorization and security systems, including RBAC/ABAC, token-based authentication, claims, and permissions;
• English B2+, clear written & verbal client communication.

Nice to have:
 

• experience with DSLs, compilers, interpreters, or code generation;
• hands-on experience with Kafka, especially in AWS MSK environments;
• experience with GraphQL (server-side);
• background in stream processing / data pipelines (e.g., Kafka Streams, Flink, or similar systems);
• previous experience in startups or greenfield core products.

Responsibilities:
 

• Design, implement, and evolve the core Rust platform powering a mission-critical data integration system;
• Develop and maintain fine-grained authorization models across control plane, data plane, and API layers;
• Contribute to the evolution of the internal DSL and compiler;
• Design and enhance the transport layer based on gRPC;
• Implement and maintain a GraphQL API layer on top of existing gRPC-based services;
• Lead and support the migration from Kafka (Strimzi on Kubernetes) to AWS MSK, ensuring reliability and minimal downtime;
• Develop and optimize data pipelines, including complex multi-stream joins and real-time data processing workflows;
• Improve and maintain the storage layer, including S3 integration and multipart upload mechanisms;
• Work on performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed systems operating at scale;
• Collaborate closely with the CTO/co-founder on core architecture and technical strategy.

What we offer:
 

•  Flexible work-from-home policy
•  Competitive salary and performance review
•  PE accounting and support
•  18 paid vacation days per year
•  Unlimited paid sick days per year
•  The system of bonuses (Sport/Health/Education)
•  Expert community within the company
•  Paid courses and trainings, internal knowledge library