Contract Backend Engineer (Rust/.NET) - Belfast Hybrid

Ocho People; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working from Belfast

Competitive day rate

Modern stack with Rust in production

Job summary

Ocho People is seeking a Contract Software Engineer to join Belfast-based teams delivering large-scale, event-driven systems. You will write production code in Rust or modern .NET, build distributed services, and work within mature CI/CD pipelines.

This role suits experienced contractors who can contribute quickly in a team setting. The role emphasizes hands-on delivery, production-grade code, and collaboration with permanent engineers across architecture decisions, with hybrid working from

Qualifications

• Commercial experience in Rust or modern .NET (Core 8+)
• Proven experience building and running microservices in distributed environments
• Hands-on AWS experience including containerised deployment with Kubernetes
• Solid PostgreSQL or comparable relational database experience
• Comfortable working within mature CI/CD and automated testing practices
• Right to work in the UK and hybrid work from Belfast

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services in Rust or modern .NET
• Design and implement event-driven components using Kafka
• Deploy and operate microservices on AWS using Kubernetes
• Model and query data in PostgreSQL with performance in mind
• Work within established CI/CD pipelines, contributing to automated testing and release quality
• Collaborate with permanent engineering teams on architecture and implementation decisions
• Contribute front-end work in React where the role calls for full-stack delivery
• Deliver production-ready code at pace without compromising standards

Skills

Rust

Modern .NET

Distributed systems

Microservices

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Job description

Ocho People is seeking a Contract Software Engineer to join Belfast-based teams delivering large-scale, event-driven systems. You will write production code in Rust or modern .NET, build distributed services, and work within mature CI/CD pipelines.

This role suits experienced contractors who can contribute quickly in a team setting. The role emphasizes hands-on delivery, production-grade code, and collaboration with permanent engineers across architecture decisions, with hybrid working from