Rust Engineer (Ref: 196878)

Forsyth Barnes; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Forsyth Barnes is seeking a highly capable Rust Engineer to join an international engineering team in Abu Dhabi. The role centers on high-availability, low-latency backend services for core lending systems, with emphasis on AI-assisted development and scalable architectures.

You will work with a global team, applying Domain-Driven Design and microservice patterns, and focus on performance, security, and robust testing in an English-speaking environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field.
• Strong English for technical collaboration.
• 3+ years backend experience in a high-performance language, with strong concurrency and memory management.
• Solid understanding of Domain-Driven Design and distributed systems; familiarity with PostgreSQL/MySQL.
• Openness to AI-assisted coding tools and ability to craft prompts.
• Security awareness and track record of global collaboration.
• Nice-to-have: Rust ecosystem familiarity (Tokio, Serde, SQLx); Redis/Kafka; cloud-native tech.

Responsibilities

• Develop components for loan origination, risk decisioning, and ledger functionality with concurrent correctness.
• Uphold code quality through tests, peer reviews, and idiomatic Rust practices.
• Influence architectural decisions using microservices and Domain-Driven Design for scalable growth.
• Leverage AI-assisted tooling to accelerate development, testing, and debugging.
• Optimize performance to meet financial-grade SLAs by reducing memory contention.
• Collaborate with global teams in English, participating in reviews and planning.

Skills

Rust

Backend development

Concurrency

Memory management

Domain-Driven Design

English communication

AI-assisted coding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Tokio

Serde

SQLx

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We are seeking a highly capable Rust Engineer to join an international engineering team. This fully English-speaking role focuses on the core lending system, delivering high-availability, low-latency services that underpin secure financial workflows. You will contribute to evolving our architecture in a dynamic AI-driven development environment, balancing rigorous technical standards with practical delivery timelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop components for loan origination, risk decisioning, and ledger functionality, ensuring correctness under heavy concurrency.


• Uphold code quality through comprehensive tests, peer reviews, and idiomatic Rust practices.


• Influence architectural decisions using Domain-Driven Design and microservice patterns to support scalable growth.


• Utilize AI-assisted tooling to accelerate development, testing, and debugging efforts.


• Optimize performance to minimize memory contention, identify bottlenecks, and meet stringent financial-grade SLAs.


• Collaborate with global teams in English, participating in code reviews and cross-functional planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.


• Proficiency in English for technical discussions and asynchronous collaboration.


• 3+ years of backend experience in a high-performance language (Rust, Go, Java, C++), with strong concurrency and memory management capabilities.


• Solid understanding of Domain-Driven Design and distributed systems; familiarity with PostgreSQL/MySQL.


• openness to AI-assisted coding tools; ability to craft prompts and integrate AI-driven workflows.


• Demonstrated security awareness and accountability; self-driven with a track record of global collaboration.


• Nice-to-have: Rust ecosystem familiarity (Tokio, Serde, SQLx); Redis/Kafka experience; fintech or core lending background; cloud-native tech (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS/GCP); open-source contributions.