Staff Rust Engineer — Secure, Distributed Systems

Cerebras; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401k

Internet stipend

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Santa Clara is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Confidential Computing Management team. In this high-impact role, you will design and build core platform services to ensure security and reliability. The position requires extensive experience in backend engineering, microservices architecture, and a strong background in Rust or similar systems-level languages. Join us to shape the future of data security in a collaborative environment with great benefits and unlimited PTO.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong backend and distributed systems expertise.
• Proven experience designing and building microservices from scratch.
• Experience owning end-to-end services (design, development, deployment, scaling, and operations).

Responsibilities

• Design and build distributed microservices that power confidential computing platforms.
• Own system architecture end-to-end, ensuring reliability and security.
• Drive technical direction across services, influencing how they interact.

Skills

Backend expertise

Distributed systems knowledge

Microservices development

Rust programming

API design

Kubernetes experience

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

CI/CD proficiency

Tools

Linux

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

A leading technology firm in Santa Clara is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Confidential Computing Management team. In this high-impact role, you will design and build core platform services to ensure security and reliability. The position requires extensive experience in backend engineering, microservices architecture, and a strong background in Rust or similar systems-level languages. Join us to shape the future of data security in a collaborative environment with great benefits and unlimited PTO.