Senior Rust Engineer: Cloud, Microservices & AI

Moody's Investors Service; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in financial services is seeking a Software Engineer to design and maintain high-performance applications using Rust. This role involves leading technical design discussions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and strong experience in modern software engineering practices. This position offers opportunities in regulatory technology and enterprise-grade software development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable software solutions for Moody’s Corp & Gov platforms.
• Develop high-performance applications using Rust.
• Lead technical design discussions.
• Build and maintain APIs and backend services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Ensure code quality and performance.
• Champion observability practices.

Skills

Proficiency in Rust for systems-level programming

Experience with microservices

Hands-on experience with AWS/Azure/GCP

Familiarity with CI/CD and Docker/Kubernetes

Experience designing relational databases

Excellent problem-solving skills

Proficient in agile software delivery

Experience with software observability

Basic understanding of AI concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

A global leader in financial services is seeking a Software Engineer to design and maintain high-performance applications using Rust. This role involves leading technical design discussions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and strong experience in modern software engineering practices. This position offers opportunities in regulatory technology and enterprise-grade software development.