Senior Rust Engineer

Regional Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work from London

Career progression

Job summary

Regional Recruitment in London is seeking a talented Rust Engineer to join a fast-growing AI company building high-performance backend services and scalable data systems. You will design and maintain backend services in Rust and collaborate with AI/ML engineers to deploy models in production.

You will work in a hybrid setup from the London office, contributing to architecture decisions, improving performance and reliability, and delivering cutting-edge AI technology to customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience developing software in Rust.
• Experience building backend services and APIs.
• Exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.
• Open-source contributions.
• Knowledge of Python and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with vector databases, LLMs or MLOps tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Rust.
• Build scalable, reliable, and high-performance distributed systems.
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to deploy and optimise AI models in production.
• Develop APIs, data pipelines, and platform tooling.
• Improve system performance, security, and reliability.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and engineering best practices.

Skills

Rust

Distributed systems

Concurrency

APIs

Backend services

Problem solving

Communication skills

Python

Cloud-native

Open-source

Vector databases

LLMs

MLOps tooling

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

Azure

GCP

Data platforms

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS

GCP

Job description

We are seeking a talented Rust Engineer to join a fast-growing AI company developing cutting-edge products powered by machine learning and large-scale data systems. You’ll be responsible for building high-performance backend services and scalable infrastructure that supports AI applications used by customers worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Rust.
• Build scalable, reliable, and high-performance distributed systems.
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to deploy and optimise AI models in production.
• Develop APIs, data pipelines, and platform tooling.
• Improve system performance, security, and reliability.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Commercial experience developing software in Rust.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and performance optimisation.
• Experience building backend services and APIs.
• Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience within AI, Machine Learning, or Data platforms.
• Knowledge of Python and cloud-native architectures.
• Open-source contributions.
• Experience with vector databases, LLMs, or MLOps tooling.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Hybrid working from a London office.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technology.
• Fast-paced, collaborative engineering culture.
• Clear career progression and professional development opportunities.