Senior Rust Backend Engineer – AWS & Microservices

Valuelabs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Valuelabs is seeking a Senior Rust Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Rust. You will contribute to microservices, modern architectures, and secure, high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes asynchronous programming, distributed systems, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver robust software solutions. Strong emphasis on code quality, performance, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience with Rust programming language.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience with asynchronous programming, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency with Git.
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain applications using Rust.
• Build scalable and high-performance backend services and APIs.
• Design and implement microservices and distributed system architectures.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Optimize application performance, resource utilization, and system reliability.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues.
• Contribute to CI/CD processes and software delivery automation.
• Ensure adherence to security, scalability, and operational excellence standards.

Skills

Rust

Backend design

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Asynchronous

Performance optimization

Git

CI/CD

Testing

Security

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Linux

Job description

Valuelabs is seeking a Senior Rust Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Rust. You will contribute to microservices, modern architectures, and secure, high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes asynchronous programming, distributed systems, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver robust software solutions. Strong emphasis on code quality, performance, and operational excellence.