Remote Principal Backend Engineer - Rust for OT Security

Dragos, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity package

Job summary

Dragos, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Backend Community and help build the OT Security Platform. You will design, implement, and optimize robust Rust backends, collaborating across engineering disciplines in a remote‑first, globally distributed team.

You will influence architectural decisions, mentor senior engineers, and stay ahead of security and reliability best practices while delivering high‑quality software for customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• 10+ years backend systems experience at scale.
• 5+ years PostgreSQL experience.
• 5+ years Elasticsearch experience.
• 5+ years in microservices architecture.
• Strong Rust experience with architectural tradeoffs.
• Experience integrating with third‑party devices and data providers.
• Experience incorporating AI tools and services into development workflows.
• Proven track record mentoring senior engineers.
• Ability to lead architectural decisions across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, high‑performance backend systems in Rust.
• Optimize architectures to improve speed and efficiency.
• Participate in all phases of the development lifecycle, including debugging and optimization.
• Stay current with Rust, security, and system design best practices.
• Provide and receive peer feedback as part of the review cycle.

Skills

Backend systems design

Rust programming

Microservices architecture

Architectural leadership

Mentoring engineers

AI tooling in development

Security-conscious coding

Cross-team collaboration

DevOps and CI/CD

Observability tooling

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform (IaC)

Tools

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

Dragos, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Backend Community and help build the OT Security Platform. You will design, implement, and optimize robust Rust backends, collaborating across engineering disciplines in a remote‑first, globally distributed team.

You will influence architectural decisions, mentor senior engineers, and stay ahead of security and reliability best practices while delivering high‑quality software for customers worldwide.