Senior Software Engineer - Rust (No Rust required)

Understanding Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is seeking a Senior/Principal Software Engineer to work on a Rust‑driven backend stack with optional full‑stack capabilities. The team focuses on cutting‑edge decision‑making technology for fast‑growing UK defense applications.

On‑site London location and strong pedigree from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing provide a solid tech and mission‑driven environment. The role emphasizes technical acumen over years of experience across languages, with Rust as the

Qualifications

• Senior/Principal level candidates with backend or full‑stack experience.
• Experience with high-throughput systems is a plus.
• Familiarity with event-sourced architectures is a bonus.

Skills

Rust

Backend engineering

Technical acumen

Tools

TypeScript

React

Rust

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Rust (Any Backend Language Accepted)

Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defense Senior Software Engineer Rust

We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision‑making technology.

The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers in the UK.

On‑site London

Up to 150,000 + Equity

Senior/Principal Software Engineers:

They're looking to add Senior/Principal Engineers to their team. The team are open to hiring pure backend engineers, or full‑stack engineers. Their technical stack is Rust, Typescript and React on the frontend. They do not require any experience in any of these technologies, the team hire on pure technical acumen rather than years of experience with one language.

Bonus point if you have built:

• High throughput systems
• Event sourced architectures
• Unified event models

No sponsorship is available at this time.