Rust Systems Engineer | High-Perf Backend (Hybrid UK)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus, pension, private healthcare and

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Job summary

Eclipse IT Recruitment is assisting a UK technology company in Birmingham, recruiting a Rust engineer for core systems where speed, safety and reliability matter. This permanent, full-time role is hybrid with Linux production work and opportunities to influence low-latency software.

You will build and optimize Rust backends, integrate with C++ and Python tooling, participate in CI, reviews and testing, and keep performance top of mind across distributed components.

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 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++ to Rust

Concurrency

Linux

Python

Networking

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Eclipse IT Recruitment is assisting a UK technology company in Birmingham, recruiting a Rust engineer for core systems where speed, safety and reliability matter. This permanent, full-time role is hybrid with Linux production work and opportunities to influence low-latency software.

You will build and optimize Rust backends, integrate with C++ and Python tooling, participate in CI, reviews and testing, and keep performance top of mind across distributed components.