Senior Backend Engineer (Rust)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Rust): Developing modern, cloud-native production systems that process terabytes of data daily with an accent on high-scale microservices and distributed data processing. Focus on designing robust backend services in Rust, optimizing performance within AWS and Kubernetes environments, and ensuring system reliability for a full-stack observability platform.

Location: Must be based in Europe due to time zone alignment and regional market focus.

Company

hirify.global is a modern, full-stack observability platform transforming how businesses process and understand their data through unique in-stream analytics architecture.

What you will do

• Design and develop backend services using Rust.
• Build and maintain large-scale, data-intensive microservices.
• Operate and scale production systems processing terabytes of data daily.
• Deploy and manage services within AWS and Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate on architectural decisions for distributed systems.
• Work with messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Requirements

• Must be based in Europe.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience developing and operating Rust-based systems in production.
• Experience building large-scale, data-intensive microservices.
• Experience working with distributed databases.
• Experience deploying systems to Kubernetes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience using ClickHouse in production.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture of innovation and continuous learning.
• Opportunity to challenge the status quo in a dynamic environment.
• Work on a high-impact observability platform.
• Equal opportunity employer fostering diverse backgrounds.