Rust Backend Engineer for Real-Time, Petabyte-Scale Systems

Dex; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dex is seeking a backend engineer to join a real-time intelligence platform handling petabyte-scale data pipelines. You will help build high-throughput systems in Rust, with Python integration at the API surface, and own architectural decisions across the ingestion-to-intelligence pipeline.

The role emphasizes zero-downtime migrations, data privacy, and delivering robust services under ambiguity, using LLM-assisted workflows to accelerate velocity.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, shipping, and operating high-throughput production systems.
• Experience with zero-downtime migrations and schema changes.
• Ability to make architectural calls under ambiguity while delivering pragmatically.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale distributed stream processing engines, storage layers, and data pipelines for petabyte-scale data ingestion.
• Design core service boundaries and APIs across a Rust backend with Python integration at the API surface.
• Plan and execute zero-downtime migrations on live production systems while preserving data integrity.
• Own end-to-end technical decisions across the ingestion-to-intelligence pipeline balancing latency and privacy.
• Set backend architectural patterns, code review standards, and interfaces while leveraging LLM-assisted workflows.

Skills

Rust

Distributed systems

Architectural design

LLM-assisted workflows

Job description

Dex is seeking a backend engineer to join a real-time intelligence platform handling petabyte-scale data pipelines. You will help build high-throughput systems in Rust, with Python integration at the API surface, and own architectural decisions across the ingestion-to-intelligence pipeline.

The role emphasizes zero-downtime migrations, data privacy, and delivering robust services under ambiguity, using LLM-assisted workflows to accelerate velocity.