Senior Rust Developer with extensive Rust experience designing scalable backend services for diverse clients. Join NextLink Labs and contribute to critical architecture decisions in an agile environment.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Rust (Edition 2024) with Tokio as the async runtime
Implement and extend Clean Architecture with CQRS and Event Sourcing patterns using actor-based concurrency (Kameo)
Work with other engineers to architect and implement modular, well-structured solutions across workspace crates (model, domain, data, service)
Communicate directly with clients to give demonstrations and receive feedback
Build gRPC services using Tonic and Protocol Buffers with Prost for inter-service communication
Build and optimize data access layers using SQLx against PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB and Neo4j
Implement request validation using Garde
Work in an agile team environment with daily stand ups, and weekly agile meetings
Engage in code reviews of your teammates' work
Triage, diagnose, and resolve production support tickets and defects in Rust-based microservices running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), owning the full lifecycle from root cause analysis through fix and deployment validation
Contribute to observability and monitoring using Tracing, OpenTelemetry, and OLTP exporters
Requirements
5+ years of experience building backend services with Rust with 3+ years supporting and maintaining production microservices-based architectures
Strong understanding of Clean Architecture, CQRS, Event Sourcing, and actor-based concurrency patterns
Experience designing and implementing gRPC APIs with Tonic and Protocol Buffers
Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB) and async query toolkits (SQLx)
Experience with validation frameworks such as Garde
Ability to work independently and take ownership in a variety of software engagements
Ability to scope individual features and full software projects based on client requests
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills with the ability to build buy-in, facilitate compromise, and guide client expectations
Strong testing abilities using Cucumber (BDD/Gherkin) for integration tests and Rust's built-in test framework for unit tests
Proficient understanding of version control systems (Git)
Understanding of security best practices including JWT-based authentication and authorization
Understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable and distributed systems
Strong debugging, root cause analysis, problem-solving, analytical, and strategic thinking abilities, capable of making well-informed and timely decisions
Hands-on experience with AKS (pod logs, deployment health, kubectl) and observability tooling, specifically Grafana and Azure Monitor/Application Insights
Familiarity with SRE principles including incident management, alerting best practices, and production observability
Benefits
Remote-first culture, flexible work schedule, and autonomy to do your best work.
Responsibility and autonomy at a growing company
The opportunity to build something big and exciting
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