Senior Rust Engineer - Remote

Kake; Singapore; Remote; SGD 179,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay in USD

Fully remote

Better Me Fund

Compassion is Badass

Job summary

Kake, a remote-first, people-first global community of engineers, is seeking Senior Rust Engineers to own scalable backend services and distributed systems. You will design high-performance, memory-safe code in Rust and lead architectural decisions.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of software engineering, deep Rust knowledge, experience with Tokio and async, and comfort working across time zones. This role offers USD pay, fully remote, and a culture focused on growth and impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on Rust.
• Deep understanding of Rust ownership, lifetimes, and macros.
• Experience with systems programming, concurrency and performance.
• Hands-on async Rust with frameworks like Tokio.
• Comfortable with Rust toolchain, Cargo, git workflows and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, memory-safe backend services in Rust.
• Develop distributed systems with high performance and reliability.
• Write concurrent code and optimize for low-latency operations.
• Lead architectural decisions and promote engineering best practices.
• Maintain asynchronous services using Tokio and async/await patterns.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive improvements.
• Contribute to tooling, workflows, and continuous delivery.

Skills

Rust

Tokio

Multithreading

Concurrency

Ownership model

Async/await

Git & CI/CD

Tools

Cargo

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Kake is a remote-first company and a people-first global community of senior engineers. Kake engineers are behind some of the world’s most innovative products (Brands you’ve heard!), from Fortune 500 to fast-growing companies. We believe it’s not where your table is, but what you bring to the table that matters. Our community spans 45,000+ engineers across 55+ countries; join a culture where great people stay, grow, and thrive (and love eating kake!).

We’re looking for Senior Rust Engineers with strong experience in systems programming, skilled in delivering high-performance, memory-safe, and scalable software. It's a great fit for people who enjoy owning complex technical challenges end-to-end and driving engineering best practices across mission-critical applications.

What you’ll build and own

• Design and implement scalable, memory-safe backend services and distributed systems in Rust.


• Write high-performance, concurrent code, applying strong systems programming principles.


• Build and maintain asynchronous services using frameworks such as Tokio, with a solid understanding of async/await patterns.


• Apply core Rust concepts such as the ownership model, borrow checker, lifetimes, traits, and macros to write robust, idiomatic code.


• Act as a technical leader, guiding architectural decisions and elevating the engineering bar across projects.


• Troubleshoot and resolve complex architectural and coding challenges in production systems.


• Contribute to best practices, tooling, and continuous improvement initiatives across engineering projects.


• Maintain modern git workflows and CI/CD pipelines to support reliable delivery.

Core Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with hands‑on work in Rust.


• Deep understanding of core Rust concepts such as the ownership model, borrow checker, lifetimes, traits, and macros.


• Experience with systems programming, including multithreading, concurrency, and performance-critical application development.


• Hands‑on experience with asynchronous programming in Rust, particularly using frameworks like Tokio.


• Comfortable with the Rust toolchain, including Cargo, modern git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.


• Proven experience designing and implementing highly scalable backend services and distributed systems.


• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a track record of tackling and resolving complex architectural and coding challenges.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.


• Ability to work independently in a remote, fast‑paced environment.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with video processing, real‑time systems, or web containers.


• Experience with WebRTC and real‑time system response.


• Experience publishing applications across multiple platforms.


• Comfortable working flexible hours to overlap with distributed teams across different time zones.

Additional

• US Timezone Overlap: 5h–6h daily PST

Why Join Kake?

The icing on the Kake:

• Competitive Pay in USD: Work globally, get paid globally.


• Fully Remote: Simply put, we trust you.


• Better Me Fund: We invest in your personal growth and passions.


• Compassion is Badass: Join a community that invests in social good.

Quick note: Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.