Software (Rust) Engineer

microTECH Global LTD; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

microTECH Global LTD in the United Kingdom seeks an expert Rust developer to work on low-level systems software, with deep understanding of ownership, lifetimes, concurrency and procedural macros. You should be comfortable with the Rust ecosystem, FFI, unsafe Rust, and building reproducible toolchains (Bazel, Nix, uv).

Experience with embedded or real-time environments and solid English communication are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Must be highly proficient in Rust and its ownership model, lifetimes, concurrency and memory management.
• Solid knowledge of the Rust ecosystem, including tools and libraries.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Skills

Rust

Unsafe Rust

FFI

Low-level systems programming

Embedded systems

Education

Higher degree preferred

Tools

C

C++

Python

LLVM

Bazel

Nix

uv

Job description

Requirements:

• Highly proficient in Rust programming; deep understanding of fundamental concepts such as the ownership model, lifetimes, concurrency, parallelism, memory management and procedural macros.
• Solid knowledge of the Rust ecosystem, including tools and libraries.
• A high standard of written and spoken English.

Preferred or highly valued:

• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale or modular Rust codebases.
• Expert understanding of unsafe Rust, FFI, and low-level systems programming.
• Strong proficiency in C; familiarity with C++ and Python are a plus.
• Solid understanding of compiler internals; experience with LLVM is a plus.
• Experience with build systems and reproducible tooling (e.g. Bazel, Nix, uv).
• Experience developing for embedded or resource-constrained environments, including real-time systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for embedded or systems software.
• Strong knowledge of computer architecture; some experience with assembly languages (x86, RISC-V); familiarity with hardware design is a plus.
• Good knowledge of Linux.
• Experience contributing to open source projects.
• Higher degree levels and academic research experience are highly valued.