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Staff Software Engineer / Rust / Santa Clara
Staff Software Engineer / Rust / Santa Clara
Job ID: mrp-881828
Santa Clara, CA, US
Information Technology
Full Time, Full Time
$200000 - $250000
On-site
Other/Non Classified
Santa Clara, CA, US
$200000 - $250000
Full Time, Full Time
Other/Non Classified
On-site
Information Technology
Job details
Staff Software Engineer – Rust & Distributed Systems
Hybrid | Santa Clara, CA
We’re partnering with an innovative technology company that’s building secure, distributed infrastructure at the intersection of cloud, security, and modern systems engineering. They’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in backend development, distributed systems, and systems programming to help architect and build highly scalable platform services.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build distributed microservices for a large-scale cloud platform
- Own services end-to-end, including architecture, development, deployment, scaling, and production reliability
- Lead system design and API architecture discussions across multiple engineering teams
- Develop secure, resilient, and high-performance backend services
- Write production-quality code using Rust or other systems-level programming languages
- Partner cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and engineering teams to deliver complex platform capabilities
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on architecture, code quality, and engineering best practices
- Drive technical direction for foundational platform services and distributed system architecture
Requirements:
- 8+ years of backend software engineering experience
- Strong experience designing and building distributed systems and microservices from the ground up
- Proven experience owning services throughout the full software development lifecycle
- Strong programming experience in Rust (or comparable systems languages such as C/C++ or Go)
- Deep understanding of system design, service architecture, and API design
- Experience with Kubernetes, containerized applications, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and production deployments
- Strong Linux development and debugging experience
- Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, distributed storage, and caching technologies
- Passion for building secure, reliable, and scalable systems
- Experience with confidential computing, trusted execution environments, encryption, or security infrastructure is a plus
- Background in performance-critical systems, infrastructure platforms, or developer platforms is a plus
Additional Information:
- Hybrid schedule based in Santa Clara, CA
- Unable to provide visa sponsorship
- Opportunity to work on highly scalable distributed systems and next-generation cloud infrastructure in a hands-on technical leadership role
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