Rust Systems Engineer (Backend) — Hybrid Manchester

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

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Job summary

Eclipse IT Recruitment is recruiting a Rust engineer for a UK technology company in Manchester, delivering high-performance software for core systems. You will join a small, highly technical team building backend services in Rust and integrating with C++ and Python.

The role focuses on speed, memory efficiency and reliability on Linux, with CI/CD, Docker and Kubernetes in use. A strong Rust background and Linux proficiency are essential; distributed systems or embedded experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Commercial or substantial open-source experience with Rust.
• Strong C++ engineers keen to move into Rust will be considered.
• Solid understanding of concurrency, memory management and performance.
• Comfortable working in Linux environments.
• Python for tooling and scripting.
• Networking, distributed systems or embedded experience is 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++ interop

Linux

Python

Networking

Distributed systems

Embedded

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Eclipse IT Recruitment is recruiting a Rust engineer for a UK technology company in Manchester, delivering high-performance software for core systems. You will join a small, highly technical team building backend services in Rust and integrating with C++ and Python.

The role focuses on speed, memory efficiency and reliability on Linux, with CI/CD, Docker and Kubernetes in use. A strong Rust background and Linux proficiency are essential; distributed systems or embedded experience is a plus.