Rust Engineer – Systems / Backend

Location: Manchester / hybrid Salary: £80,000 – £125,000 + bonus and benefits (trading and low-latency roles can pay more) Type: Permanent, full time

Our client, an innovative UK technology company building high-performance software, is hiring a Rust engineer for core systems where speed, safety and reliability really matter. You'll join a small, highly technical team.

What you'll do:

• Build and maintain performance-critical systems and backend services in Rust
• Profile and optimise code for speed, memory use and reliability
• Work on concurrent, networked and distributed components
• Integrate with existing C++ and Python code where needed
• Write well-tested code and contribute to code reviews and CI
• Debug and improve systems running on Linux in production

What you'll bring:

• Commercial or substantial open-source experience with Rust
• Strong C++ engineers keen to move into Rust will also be considered
• A solid understanding of concurrency, memory management and performance
• Comfortable working in Linux environments
• Python for tooling and scripting
• Networking, distributed systems or embedded experience a plus
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD

Benefits: Bonus, pension, private healthcare and, with some clients, share options.

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