Mission-Critical Backend Engineer (Rust & Distributed Systems)

Dex; Greater London; In loco; GBP 90.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Dex is partnering with a pioneering AI software company delivering real-time defence intelligence. Join a team where backend systems run in high-stakes environments, focusing on reliability and fault-tolerant design.

You will work with a Rust and Python stack, contribute to open-source, and operate under rigorous RFCs and code reviews. Expect to design features for mission-critical backends, tackle extreme conditions like intermittent connectivity, and push the boundaries of distributed systems

Competenze

• Backend development experience with a systems language (Rust/Java/Go/C++).
• Proven ability to build and operate complex distributed systems focusing on failure modes.
• Experience in edge computing, latency optimization or platform engineering.

Mansioni

• Design and implement features, algorithms, and infrastructure for a mission-critical backend.
• Engineer for extreme conditions: intermittent connectivity and embedded systems.
• Ensure system robustness via testing and benchmarking.
• Contribute to a Rust and Python-based stack with open-source collaboration.
• Solve complex distributed systems problems with degradation and failure modes.

Conoscenze

Backend development

Distributed systems

Rust

Latency optimization

Strumenti

REST

GraphQL

gRPC/Protobuf

Apache Arrow

Descrizione del lavoro

Dex is partnering with a pioneering AI software company delivering real-time defence intelligence. Join a team where backend systems run in high-stakes environments, focusing on reliability and fault-tolerant design.

You will work with a Rust and Python stack, contribute to open-source, and operate under rigorous RFCs and code reviews. Expect to design features for mission-critical backends, tackle extreme conditions like intermittent connectivity, and push the boundaries of distributed systems