Senior Embedded Rust / Systems Developer

YT Technologies; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

YT Technologies in Crawley, United Kingdom, seeks a skilled Rust systems programmer to design and develop high-performance software for embedded devices. You will own features end-to-end, participate in code reviews, and optimise for memory and concurrency in a pure systems environment.

The role requires 2+ years of commercial experience with Rust or strong C/C++ background, Linux/Unix proficiency, Git usage, and CI/CD practices. Collaboration and documentation are key in our agile team.

Qualifications

• We have at least 2+ years of commercial software development experience, with demonstrable experience deploying Rust in production environments.
• We have a strong background in Rust, or an expert-level background in C/C++ development paired with strong, demonstrable Rust competence.
• We have deep comfort with systems programming concepts, specifically memory management, multi-threading, threading, and concurrency.
• We are exceptionally proficient in Rusts ownership model, borrowing mechanisms, and lifetimes.
• We are comfortable operating within Linux/Unix development environments, using Git, and working with modern CI/CD practices.
• We have proven experience working with testing frameworks and writing long-term maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• We design and develop high-performance, safe, and maintainable systems software using Rust.
• We collaborate with team members on architectural decisions, own features end-to-end from design through to deployment, and participate in code reviews.
• We debug and optimise systems for performance, memory usage, concurrent programming, and maximum reliability.
• We interface software with custom low-level platforms, handling protocols for connected fleet and transit gateways.
• We participate actively in agile development processes, manage our own workload, and contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Systems programming

Linux/Unix

Memory management

Concurrency

Education

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Testing frameworks

Job description

Salary: £30,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• We have at least 2+ years of commercial software development experience, with demonstrable experience deploying Rust in production environments.
• We have a strong background in Rust, or an expert-level background in C/C++ development paired with strong, demonstrable Rust competence.
• We have deep comfort with systems programming concepts, specifically memory management, multi-threading, threading, and concurrency.
• We are exceptionally proficient in Rusts ownership model, borrowing mechanisms, and lifetimes.
• We are comfortable operating within Linux/Unix development environments, using Git, and working with modern CI/CD practices.
• We have proven experience working with testing frameworks and writing long-term maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• We design and develop high-performance, safe, and maintainable systems software using Rust.
• We collaborate with team members on architectural decisions, own features end-to-end from design through to deployment, and participate in code reviews.
• We debug and optimise systems for performance, memory usage, concurrent programming, and maximum reliability.
• We interface software with custom low-level platforms, handling protocols for connected fleet and transit gateways.
• We participate actively in agile development processes, manage our own workload, and contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing.

Technologies

• CI/CD
• Embedded
• Git
• Linux
• Rust
• Unix
• Hardware

More

We are partnering with a market-leading specialist engineering firm providing mission-critical technology for the global transport and infrastructure sectors. You will join our close-knit, highly collaborative R&D team of 8 engineering professionals in a pure systems-level engineering role focused entirely on performance‑critical software for embedded devices, not servers. We offer an autonomous environment where you can solve complex technical challenges using Rust memory safety and concurrency features. We are looking to move quickly on this role, and sponsorship is not an option.