Senior Software Engineer

Senior Rust EngineerContract | Remote (Europe) | Long-Term Programme We are supporting a major technology organisation on a strategic initiative focused on next-generation developer tooling and large-scale software engineering workflows.We are looking for experienced Rust Engineers to join a highly specialised team delivering enhancements across open-source developer infrastructure, distributed systems, source control tooling, and platform services. This is a rare opportunity to work on technically challenging problems that impact how software is developed and managed at scale. The RoleYou will be part of a senior engineering team working on complex systems including:Developer tooling and source control workflowsHigh-performance backend servicesDistributed and cloud-native architecturesLarge-scale repository managementFilesystem and storage-related technologiesOpen-source platform developmentDeveloper productivity and automation tooling The work involves contributing to existing open-source ecosystems while designing and implementing enterprise-grade capabilities around reliability, scalability, security, and performance. What We're Looking ForEssentialStrong commercial experience with RustExperience building production-grade systems softwareDeep understanding of distributed systems conceptsExperience working with Linux environmentsStrong knowledge of APIs, networking, and backend servicesExperience operating within complex software architecturesAbility to work independently and contribute to technical design discussionsStrong debugging and performance optimisation skills Highly DesirableOpen-source contributionsExperience with Git internals or version control systemsFilesystem, storage, caching, or virtualisation experienceExperience building developer platforms or engineering productivity toolsKnowledge of gRPC, protobuf, or service-oriented architecturesBackground in cloud infrastructure and containerised environmentsExperience working in highly technical, research-driven engineering teams Particularly Interesting BackgroundsWe would be especially interested in speaking with engineers who have worked on:Source control platformsDeveloper experience (DevEx) initiativesPerformance-critical backend systemsFilesystems or storage enginesBuild systems and developer toolingPlatform engineeringOpen-source infrastructure projects