Senior Software Engineer- Rust (f/m/d)

Aleph Alpha; Heidelberg; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading AI company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will design and build high-performance backend systems in Rust. This role involves mentorship, collaboration with product and research teams, and contributions to architectural decisions. The ideal candidate possesses a strong coding mindset and systems knowledge, with opportunities to impact AI solutions significantly.

Leistungen

30 days of paid vacation

Access to fitness & wellness offerings

Mental health support

Subsidized company pension plan

Subsidized transportation ticket

Budget for technical equipment

Flexible working hours

Virtual Stock Option Plan

Qualifikationen

• Strong experience in Rust or another strongly typed programming language.
• Experience writing integration and unit tests.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices.

Aufgaben

• Design and implement high-performance, concurrent systems in Rust.
• Own core components of backend infrastructure and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in code reviews.

Kenntnisse

Rust

Typescript

Go

Kotlin

Scala

C++

Zig

Test-Driven Development

Continuous Integration

Continuous Delivery

Jobbeschreibung

Overview:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take ownership of core system components that power the backend infrastructure of our AI platform.

You will design and build high-performance, reliable services in Rust, and work closely with infrastructure, product, and research teams to bring scalable AI solutions into production.

This role is ideal for a senior engineer who combines deep systems knowledge with ownership, product awareness, and a pragmatic, hands-on approach to problem-solving.

Your Responsibilities:

• Design and implement high-performance, concurrent systems in Rust.

• Own core components of our backend infrastructure and contribute to architectural decisions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate your work into production systems.

• Write robust, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.

• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability issues.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to internal knowledge sharing.

Your Profile:

• Strong experience in Rust or in one or more other systems or strongly typed programming language. For example: Typescript, Go, Kotlin, Scala, C++, Zig.

• Experience writing integration and unit tests.

• A secure coding mindset and knowledge of common sources of vulnerabilities.

• Experience with Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery.

• Strong ability to explain and understand abstract technical concepts.

• Familiar with software development in a distributed architecture.

• Comfortable with agile development, pair programming and code review.

What you can expect from us:

• Be part of an AI revolution!

• 30 days of paid vacation

• Access to a variety of fitness & wellness offerings via Wellhub

• Mental health support through nilo.health

• Substantially subsidized company pension plan for your future security

• Subsidized Germany-wide transportation ticket

• Budget for additional technical equipment

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model for better work-life balance

• Virtual Stock Option Plan