This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Rust in the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, and Italy.

As a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Rust, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software across multiple codebases and services. You will lead technical initiatives, mentor peers, and advocate for best practices while ensuring scalable, robust, and efficient systems. This role provides the opportunity to work across distributed teams, tackle complex system challenges, and shape the engineering culture. Your expertise in Rust, combined with experience in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and modern development workflows, will directly contribute to delivering innovative solutions in a high-performance environment. You will be instrumental in driving technical excellence, fostering collaboration, and supporting continuous improvement.

Accountabilities

Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software components and RESTful APIs using Rust
Lead technical initiatives, act as a subject matter expert, and provide guidance across multiple teams and projects
Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize complex systems to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability
Mentor and grow other engineers, providing technical reviews, knowledge sharing, and career guidance
Integrate software components, third-party libraries, and deploy programs while ensuring observability and monitoring
Participate in incident response, handling severity 1 issues on deployed products when necessary
Write clear documentation, technical manuals, and specifications to support code maintainability

Requirements

7+ years of software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Rust; experience with Haskell, Scala, or JavaScript is a plus
Deep understanding of Rust's ownership model, borrowing, lifetimes, concurrency, and multithreading paradigms
Experience developing web services, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization/orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
Strong knowledge of Agile software development, Git workflows, and continuous integration/deployment pipelines
Skilled in test-driven development (TDD) and software engineering best practices
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
Knowledge of cryptography protocols or Web3 technologies is a plus
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is preferred

Benefits

Competitive market-aligned compensation based on experience and skills
Full-time commitment: 40 hours per week
Generous paid time off: 30 days of holiday per year (UK employees)
Sickness pay and contract flexibility for both standard employee or independent contractor arrangements
Opportunity to work remotely within European time zones
Professional growth, mentorship, and contribution to innovative technology projects
Inclusive and accessible work environment with support for reasonable adjustments during the hiring process

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.

🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.

📊 It compares your profile to the job's core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.

🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.

🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role.

Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!