Staff Systems Engineer (Rust)

TL;DR

Staff Systems Engineer (Rust): Building high-performance infrastructure for the Anywhere Cloud platform with an accent on low-level systems design, security-critical code, and Kubernetes-native services. Focus on developing performance-sensitive components like proxies and credential brokers, ensuring system reliability, and mentoring engineers on systems thinking.

Location: Must be based in Budapest, Hungary (Hybrid role).

Company

hirify.global empowers organizations to transform complex data into actionable insights through a unified, hybrid cloud data platform.

What you will do

• Develop and own Rust-based infrastructure services including reverse proxies, credential brokers, and log collectors.
• Design and implement security-critical authentication protocols and access control mechanisms.
• Define system architecture, including memory budgets, streaming patterns, and concurrency models.
• Build distributed telemetry and observability systems for platform monitoring.
• Provide technical guidance and perform performance-sensitive design reviews for cross-functional teams.
• Drive technical direction and evaluate build-vs-buy decisions for critical infrastructure components.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with at least 3 years in performance or security-critical systems.
• Production experience with Rust, including async ecosystems like tokio and hyper.
• Strong understanding of networking (TCP/HTTP), memory management, and concurrency.
• Experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to implement rigorous testing strategies, including property-based and fuzz testing.
• Role is not eligible for immigration support or relocation.

Nice to have

• Experience with S3-compatible storage protocols or request signing (SigV4).
• Background in building observability pipelines (OpenTelemetry, gRPC).
• Prior work on reverse proxies, load balancers, or service meshes.
• Experience with performance profiling and P99 latency optimization.
• Familiarity with building Kubernetes operators or controllers.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous PTO policy and Unplugged Days for work-life balance.
• Flexible work-from-home policy.
• Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
• Phone and internet reimbursement.
• Access to continued career development and paid volunteer time.