Senior Rust Developer (Computational Biology)

TL;DR

Senior Rust Developer (Computational Biology): Developing scalable, open-source workflow execution engines for scientific computations with an accent on DSL development, API design, and large-scale system scaling. Focus on improving the WDL and TES specifications and building reference implementations for the Sprocket engine.

Location: Remote. Must be based in GMT-8 to GMT+5 time zones. Required overlap of 3-4 hours with US Central Time (Chicago/Texas). Not open to candidates from China or Australia.

Company

hirify.global develops open-source computational biology tools to empower scientists in managing large-scale computations.

What you will do

• Develop and enhance the Sprocket workflow execution engine and related Rust crates.
• Propose and draft extensions for the Workflow Description Language (WDL) specification.
• Collaborate on the evolution of the Task Execution Schema (TES) with standards bodies and the open-source community.
• Maintain reference implementations and comprehensive API documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Coordinate development progress with the internal computational biology team.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience with Rust and a track record of shipping production code.
• Proven experience contributing to or leading open-source projects.
• Proficiency in developing domain-specific languages (DSLs), including lexing, parsing, and validation.
• Strong expertise in API design and specification development.
• Experience with GitHub for project planning and collaboration.
• Familiarity with workflow engines, scientific computing, or large-scale computation.

Nice to have

• Experience with OpenAPI (Swagger) and the utoipa crate.
• Familiarity with WDL and Task Execution Schema (TES).
• Experience with Kubernetes or Cloud/HPC environments.
• Prior involvement with standards bodies such as GA4GH.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, long-term engagement with potential for extension beyond the initial 6 months.
• Opportunity to work on high-impact open-source technology used by the global scientific community.
• Ability to influence the direction of open standards in scientific workflow execution.