Staff Software Engineer (Rust)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Rust): Building and optimizing high-performance infrastructure for the Anywhere Cloud platform with an accent on Kubernetes-native service development, security-critical systems, and low-latency data path management. Focus on designing robust Rust services, implementing authentication protocols, and ensuring system reliability under heavy load.

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

Company

hirify.global is a leading data partner that empowers enterprises to transform complex data into actionable insights through a hybrid, open-source cloud platform.

What you will do

• Design and build high-performance Rust-based infrastructure services including proxies, credential brokers, and log collectors.
• Implement and verify security-critical authentication protocols and access control enforcement.
• Define system architecture, module boundaries, and memory management strategies for performance-sensitive components.
• Build distributed telemetry and observability systems to monitor service health and performance.
• Provide technical guidance and perform design reviews for cross-functional teams on systems-level challenges.
• Drive technical direction by evaluating build-vs-buy decisions and establishing rigorous testing strategies.

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 Rust, tokio, and the hyper ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of networking (TCP/HTTP), concurrency, and memory management.
• Experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to implement advanced testing strategies such as property-based or fuzz testing.
• 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 using OpenTelemetry or gRPC.
• Prior work on reverse proxies, load balancers, or service meshes.
• Experience with performance profiling, benchmarking, and P99 latency optimization.
• Familiarity with building Kubernetes operators or controllers.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work-from-home policy and unplugged days to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive benefits package and competitive compensation.
• Access to continued career development and learning resources.
• Mental and physical wellness programs.
• Paid volunteer time and employee resource groups.