Senior Rust Engineer - Remote

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We’re looking for Senior Rust Engineers with strong experience in systems programming, skilled in delivering high-performance, memory-secure, and scalable software. It's a great fit for people who enjoy owning complex technical challenges end-to-end and driving engineering best practices across mission-critical applications.

What you’ll build and own
Design and implement scalable, memory-safe backend services and distributed systems in Rust.
Write high-performance, concurrent code, applying strong systems programming principles.
Build and maintain asynchronous services using frameworks such as Tokio,



with a solid understanding of async/await patterns.
Apply core Rust concepts such as the ownership model, borrow checker, lifetimes, traits, and macros to write robust, idiomatic code.
Act as a technical leader, guiding architectural decisions and elevating the engineering bar across projects.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex architectural and coding challenges in production systems.
Contribute to best practices, tooling, and continuous improvement initiatives across engineering projects.
Maintain modern git workflows and CI/CD pipelines to support reliable delivery.

Core Requirements
5+ years of experience in software engineering, with hands-on work in Rust.
Deep understanding of core Rust concepts such as the ownership model, borrow checker, lifetimes, traits, and macros.
Experience with systems programming, including multithreading, concurrency, and performance-critical application developm

📌 Senior Rust Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Kake
📍 Bengaluru