Senior Software Engineer - Rust

JR United Kingdom; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Rust to join their innovative team in Cambridge. This hybrid role involves developing cutting-edge AI solutions, focusing on high-performance software systems. Ideal candidates will have advanced degrees in engineering or a related field, along with proven Rust programming skills and experience in systems or performance-sensitive programming.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Rust programming.
• Experience with other programming languages like C/C++.
• Background in performance-sensitive or systems programming.

Responsibilities

• Building software for machine learning tasks on FPGA-based hardware.
• Programming bespoke hardware accelerators.
• Developing applications and runtime libraries for server CPUs.

Skills

Rust programming

Low-level programming

Functional programming

Performance-sensitive programming

Systems programming

Education

MSc/PhD in a related scientific / engineering field

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Senior Software Engineer - Rust, Cambridge

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

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Job Description:

New hybrid Senior Software Engineer job based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire!

We’re looking for a talented Rust Senior Software Engineer to join a cutting-edge team based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire developing real-world AI solutions - including ultra-low-latency speech recognition and large-scale foundation models.

Key responsibilities and requirements for the Senior Software Engineer job:

• Building the software that runs machine learning (ML) tasks quickly and efficiently on the FPGA-based hardware
• Program bespoke hardware accelerators and create tools for debugging, profiling and optimisation
• Develop efficient applications and runtime libraries for server CPU’s

Key skills / experience required for the Senior Software Engineer job:

• MSc/PhD in a related scientific / engineering field
• Proven Rust programming experience
• Experience with low-level programming languages in general (e.g. Rust, C, C++) or functional programming languages (e.g. Haskell, OCaml, Nix)
• Proven experience working on relevant areas such as performance sensitive - or systems programming, and compiler development

This is a great opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer wanting to focus on Rust programming, to join a passionate team of engineers developing software systems that perform at scale and speed in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Apply now for the hybrid Senior Software Engineer job in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire by sending your CV!