Rust Engineer - Cambridge (Remote)

microTECH Global Limited; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

microTECH Global LTD in Cambridge is seeking a skilled Rust systems programmer to design and maintain high-performance Rust codebases. You will work with ownership models, lifetimes, concurrency, memory management, and procedural macros to deliver robust software.

The role emphasizes building modular, scalable Rust systems, collaborating with embedded and OS tooling teams, and contributing to open source or internal tooling. Strong English communication is required.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Rust with deep understanding of ownership, lifetimes, concurrency and memory management.
• Strong knowledge of Rust ecosystem, including tools and libraries.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Skills

Rust programming

Ownership model

Lifetimes

Concurrency

Memory management

Procedural macros

Rust ecosystem

English proficiency

C proficiency

FFI

Education

Higher degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

LLVM

Bazel

Nix

uv

Job description

Requirements

• Highly proficient in Rust programming; deep understanding of fundamental concepts such as the ownership model, lifetimes, concurrency, parallelism, memory management and procedural macros.
• Solid knowledge of the Rust ecosystem, including tools and libraries.
• A high standard of written and spoken English.

Preferred or highly valued

• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale or modular Rust codebases.
• Expert understanding of unsafe Rust, FFI, and low-level systems programming.
• Strong proficiency in C; familiarity with C++ and Python are a plus.
• Solid understanding of compiler internals; experience with LLVM is a plus.
• Experience with build systems and reproducible tooling (e.g. Bazel, Nix, uv).
• Experience developing for embedded or resource-constrained environments, including real-time systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for embedded or systems software.
• Strong knowledge of computer architecture; some experience with assembly languages (x86, RISC-V); familiarity with hardware design is a plus.
• Good knowledge of Linux.
• Experience contributing to open source projects.
• Higher degree levels and academic research experience are highly valued.