Rust Engineer - Systems / Backend

Eclipse IT Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Private healthcare

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Job summary

Eclipse IT Recruitment partners with a UK technology company in London seeking a Rust engineer for core systems where speed, safety and reliability matter. You’ll join a small, highly technical team building high-performance services.

You will optimize, profile, and integrate with C++ and Python, run on Linux, participate in CI, and contribute to code reviews. The role is hybrid, with salary range £80,000–£125,000 plus bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Commercial or substantial open-source experience with Rust.
• Strong C++ engineers keen to move into Rust will also be considered.
• A solid understanding of concurrency, memory management and performance.
• Comfortable working in Linux environments.
• Python for tooling and scripting.
• Networking, distributed systems or embedded experience a plus.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain performance-critical systems and backend services in Rust
• Profile and optimise code for speed, memory use and reliability
• Work on concurrent, networked and distributed components
• Integrate with existing C++ and Python code where needed
• Write well-tested code and contribute to code reviews and CI
• Debug and improve systems running on Linux in production

Skills

Rust

C++

Concurrency & performance

Linux experience

Python tooling

Networking

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Location: London / hybrid
Salary: £80,000 - £125,000 + bonus and benefits (trading and low-latency roles can pay more)
Type: Permanent, full time

Our client, an innovative UK technology company building high-performance software, is hiring a Rust engineer for core systems where speed, safety and reliability really matter. You'll join a small, highly technical team.

What you'll do:

• Build and maintain performance-critical systems and backend services in Rust
• Profile and optimise code for speed, memory use and reliability
• Work on concurrent, networked and distributed components
• Integrate with existing C++ and Python code where needed
• Write well-tested code and contribute to code reviews and CI
• Debug and improve systems running on Linux in production

What you'll bring:

• Commercial or substantial open-source experience with Rust
• Strong C++ engineers keen to move into Rust will also be considered
• A solid understanding of concurrency, memory management and performance
• Comfortable working in Linux environments
• Python for tooling and scripting
• Networking, distributed systems or embedded experience a plus
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD

Benefits:

• Bonus, pension, private healthcare and, with some clients, share options.