RUST Software Engineer
Posted Today by Sectech Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The RUST Software Engineer role is a long-term contract position focused on high-profile Web3/Blockchain projects, requiring candidates to have hands-on experience with RUST. The position is fully remote but candidates must be based within Europe. Key responsibilities include advocating for engineering standards, debugging, collaborating across teams, and providing technical leadership. Candidates should possess strong experience in RUST and related technologies, with a focus on quality and effective communication.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advocate for and model high-quality engineering standards, taking proactive action to address complex system challenges.
- Apply systematic debugging to diagnose issues across related domains and promote a culture of observability and monitoring.
- Collaborate across teams to encourage iterative, autonomous development and support future scaling.
- Provide technical leadership and prioritization across multiple related domains, pushing boundaries and uncovering gaps in understanding.
- Serve as a key technical contact across multiple codebases and programming languages.
- Work proactively with minimal supervision.
- Review specifications produced by architects and formal methods specialists.
- Lead the design of software components and their interactions.
- Be available to address critical production issues when required.
- Integrate software components and third-party libraries.
- Verify and deploy software systems and programs.
- Write documentation and technical user manuals.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience with Rust in production environments.
- Expert understanding of Rust’s ownership model, borrowing, lifetimes, and concurrency patterns.
- Experience developing web services and RESTful APIs.
- Knowledge of HTTP protocols, accessibility, and security practices.
- Experience with distributed systems and network development.
- Strong understanding of concurrent programming and multithreading.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with test-driven development.
- Knowledge of cryptographic protocols is a plus.
- Experience with Web3 technologies is an advantage.
- Degree in Computer Science is preferred but not required.
- Experience working with Git and Git-based workflows.
- Familiarity with Agile development methods.
- Knowledge of both functional and object-oriented programming paradigms.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
RUST Software Engineer 100% Remote Working - Must be based within Europe Daily rates up to $475 (Subject to experience) - Will be paid in USD (Possible Negotiation on rates for the right candidate) Duration TBC (Long-Term contract) Our client is a Web3/Blockchain organisation that are currently working on some high-profile projects, and they are currently in need of a RUST Software Engineer on a contract basis. Suitable candidates MUST have hands-on production experience with RUST and depth in the key areas such as Async, Debugging & Optimization.
Key Responsibilities
- Advocate for and model high-quality engineering standards, taking proactive action to address complex system challenges.
- Apply systematic debugging to diagnose issues across related domains and promote a culture of observability and monitoring.
- Collaborate across teams to encourage iterative, autonomous development and support future scaling.
- Provide technical leadership and prioritization across multiple related domains, pushing boundaries and uncovering gaps in understanding.
- Serve as a key technical contact across multiple codebases and programming languages.
- Work proactively with minimal supervision.
- Review specifications produced by architects and formal methods specialists.
- Lead the design of software components and their interactions.
- Be available to address critical production issues when required.
- Integrate software components and third-party libraries.
- Verify and deploy software systems and programs.
- Write documentation and technical user manuals.
Key Competencies
- Ability to understand project needs, objectives, and timelines, contributing effectively to planning and deadline setting.
- Clearly articulate new issues and propose improvements to leadership.
- Write idiomatic code that meets acceptance criteria.
- Develop high-quality tests (unit tests, property tests) that provide effective code coverage.
- Document code and APIs concisely and accurately.
- Provide guidance, assist with task assignments, and deliver detailed feedback during code reviews.
- Apply software engineering principles pragmatically (modularity, incremental development, avoiding premature optimization, limiting feature creep, etc.)
Education & Experience
- Degree in Computer Science is preferred but not required.
- Experience working with Git and Git-based workflows.
- Familiarity with Agile development methods.
- Knowledge of both functional and object-oriented programming paradigms.
Specialist Skills
- Strong experience with Rust in production environments.
- Expert understanding of Rust’s ownership model, borrowing, lifetimes, and concurrency patterns.
- Experience developing web services and RESTful APIs.
- Knowledge of HTTP protocols, accessibility, and security practices.
- Experience with distributed systems and network development.
- Strong understanding of concurrent programming and multithreading.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with test-driven development.
- Knowledge of cryptographic protocols is a plus.
- Experience with Web3 technologies is an advantage.