About the Role

The Principal Rust Engineer will lead the architecture, design, and development of secure and high-performance software platforms. This hands-on technical leadership role involves defining engineering standards, mentoring engineers, and driving Rust adoption across large-scale distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

Architect and develop production-grade Rust services and libraries
Lead technical decisions across multiple engineering teams
Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, standards, and best practices
Improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and security
Mentor engineers and elevate overall Rust capability across the organization
Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, SRE, and Delivery teams to deliver scalable solutions

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience
4+ years building production systems in Rust
Proven experience as a Staff, Principal, or Lead Engineer
Expertise in distributed systems, backend engineering, and systems programming
Deep understanding of concurrency, asynchronous programming, networking, and performance optimization
Strong experience with software architecture, CI/CD, observability, security, and cloud-native platforms
Track record of delivering business-critical services at scale

Requirements

Software Engineering Experience

10+ years of software engineering experience is required.

Rust Production Systems

4+ years building production systems in Rust is essential.

Leadership Experience

Proven experience as a Staff, Principal, or Lead Engineer is necessary.

Distributed Systems Expertise

Expertise in distributed systems, backend engineering, and systems programming is required.

Concurrency Understanding

A deep understanding of concurrency, asynchronous programming, networking, and performance optimization is needed.

Nice to Have

CI/CD Experience

Strong experience with CI/CD processes is a plus.

Cloud-Native Platforms

Experience with cloud-native platforms is beneficial.