Rust Developer

Soul AI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering tech company based in Bengaluru is looking for a Rust Developer. You will validate Rust's ownership system, analyze runtime errors, and execute tests with Cargo. Ideal candidates should have 1-4 years of Rust programming experience, a strong grasp of type safety, and the ability to debug memory safety issues. Join a fast-moving team driven by innovation and societal impact in AI for good.

Qualifications

• 1–4 years hands-on experience with Rust programming.
• Strong understanding of Rust's ownership and borrowing rules.
• Experience with debugging compile-time and runtime issues.

Responsibilities

• Validate patches involving ownership, borrowing, and Rust type rules.
• Execute tests using Cargo and analyze compiler errors.
• Review unsafe code blocks for correctness and safety.

Skills

Rust programming

Debugging

Type safety

Memory safety

Tools

Cargo

Job description

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Soul AI is a pioneering company founded by IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad alumni, with a strong founding team from IITs, NITs, and BITS. We specialize in delivering high-quality human-curated data, AI-first scaled operations services, and more. Based in SF and Hyderabad, we are a young, fast-moving team on a mission to build AI for Good, driving innovation and positive societal impact.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Rust Developer with strong command over Rust’s ownership system, borrow‑checking, type safety, and performance‑focused programming. You will validate borrow‑checker fixes, analyze runtime/compile‑time errors, review unsafe blocks, and run Cargo test suites to ensure correctness and safety.

Key Responsibilities:

• Validate patches involving ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, and Rust type rules.
• Execute tests using Cargo, analyze compiler errors, and debug borrow‑checker failures.
• Review and interpret unsafe code blocks for correctness and safety.
• Debug panics, type mismatches, lifetime conflicts, and runtime behavior.
• Review PRs for Rust idioms, safety guarantees, and maintainability.

Skills & Experience Required:

• 1–4 years hands‑on Rust programming.
• Strong understanding of ownership/borrowing, lifetimes, and type safety.
• Experience working with Cargo, debugging compile‑time and runtime issues.
• Ability to analyze unsafe blocks, memory safety, and system‑level logic.
• Ability to interpret borrowing rules, assess unsafe blocks, reason about type safety, and understand compile‑time vs runtime behavior.

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