Senior Backend Engineer

FilePulse; United States; Remote; USD 77,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

FilePulse seeks a backend engineer to build and scale the file transfer engine. The role emphasizes Rust development, network protocols, and cloud storage connectivity to support reliable, high-throughput transfers.

Based in Ghent, Belgium, or fully remote within Europe, the position offers a full-time role with the opportunity to impact production systems operating around the clock.

Qualifications

• Comfort with systems programming and network technologies.
• Experience writing production software designed for continuous operation.
• Ability to work with Rust and develop backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain SFTP and FTP protocol implementations in Rust.
• Integrate the transfer engine with cloud storage services, including S3, GCS, and Azure.
• Build and improve high-throughput data streaming capabilities.
• Support backend services running in production around the clock.

Skills

Systems programming

Networking

Production-grade software

Rust backend

Job description

Role overview

Build and scale the backend engine for reliable, high-throughput file transfers. The work combines systems programming, network protocol implementation, cloud storage connectivity, and production services that operate continuously.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain SFTP and FTP protocol implementations in Rust.
• Integrate the transfer engine with cloud storage services, including S3, GCS, and Azure.
• Build and improve high-throughput data streaming capabilities.
• Support backend services running in production around the clock.

Requirements

• Comfort with systems programming and network technologies.
• Experience writing production software designed for continuous operation.
• Ability to work with Rust and develop backend systems; the description does not specify a required number of years of experience.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time role based in Ghent, Belgium, or remote within Europe.