Senior Embedded Rust Systems Engineer

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

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.