Senior Rust Backend Engineer

Develop scalable backend services in Rust for Kake’s remote-first engineering community, using Tokio, Cargo, and modern delivery practices.

This Senior Rust Engineer position focuses on highly scalable backend services and distributed systems. You will write idiomatic, memory-safe code using Rust ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, traits, and macros. The role also involves technical guidance, tooling, best practices, and reliable software delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement scalable backend services and distributed systems
• Apply Rust ownership, lifetimes, traits, and macros
• Maintain asynchronous services with Tokio and async/await
• Contribute to tooling and engineering best practices
• Maintain Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines

Requirements:

• Five-plus years of software engineering experience with hands-on Rust
• Strong systems programming and concurrency experience
• Experience designing highly scalable backend services
• Comfort with Cargo, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment

Bring senior Rust backend expertise, distributed systems knowledge, and reliable delivery practices to Kake’s remote engineering work.