Senior Rust Engineer

About

We’re hiring a Senior Rust Engineer to help build a new Rust-based workflow and rules engine for a well-established product company operating at significant scale.

The work sits close to infrastructure and platform concerns, with a strong focus on correctness, reliability, concurrency, and performance in production systems.

The company is looking for an engineer who enjoys ownership, autonomy, and solving real business and systems problems end-to-end. You’ll work closely with technical leadership and help shape Rust adoption internally.

What You’ll Work On

• Design and build production Rust services powering critical platform workflows
• Work on distributed systems and infrastructure-oriented backend engineering
• Help define engineering direction and best practices around Rust internally
• Collaborate closely with senior engineering leadership on architecture and technical decisions
• Build systems with a strong emphasis on reliability, correctness, and maintainability
• Contribute to a fast-moving, high-ownership engineering culture

Requirements

• Strong production Rust experience
• Experience with distributed systems, backend infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Comfortable working with async/concurrent systems
• Experience owning systems in production environments
• Startup or scale-up mentality with strong bias for action
• Ability to operate autonomously with high ownership

Strong bonus points for experience with:

• Tokio
• High-performance backend systems
• Reliability-focused engineering
• Developer infrastructure or workflow systems
• AI-assisted engineering workflows

Ideal Background

• Senior or Staff-level backend/infrastructure engineer
• Experience building and operating production systems at scale
• Pragmatic engineer who enjoys balancing technical depth with execution
• Stable career history with meaningful ownership in previous roles

Location

• Remote within Canada
• No hiring in Quebec
• Occasional in-person meetings expected in Toronto or Vancouver

Compensation

Competitive compensation package including salary, bonus, and meaningful equity.

Apply

Please send your CV, LinkedIn, GitHub, or any relevant Rust/open-source work to: backend.rust.canada@rustjobs.dev