Staff Software Engineer / Rust / Santa Clara

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to lead the design and development of distributed microservices for a large-scale cloud platform. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of backend engineering experience, with strong programming skills in Rust and a robust understanding of microservices and system architecture.

This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge distributed systems and require mentorship of other engineers in engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Strong experience in designing and building distributed systems.
• Proven full software development lifecycle experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build distributed microservices for a large-scale cloud platform.
• Own services end-to-end, ensuring reliability and performance.
• Lead system design and API architecture discussions.

Skills

Backend software engineering

Distributed systems

Rust programming

Microservices

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Linux development

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Staff Software Engineer – Rust & Distributed Systems

Hybrid | Santa Clara, CA

We're partnering with an innovative technology company that's building secure, distributed infrastructure at the intersection of cloud, security, and modern systems engineering. They're looking for a Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in backend development, distributed systems, and systems programming to help architect and build highly scalable platform services.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build distributed microservices for a large-scale cloud platform
• Own services end-to-end, including architecture, development, deployment, scaling, and production reliability
• Lead system design and API architecture discussions across multiple engineering teams
• Develop secure, resilient, and high-performance backend services
• Write production-quality code using Rust or other systems-level programming languages
• Partner cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and engineering teams to deliver complex platform capabilities
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on architecture, code quality, and engineering best practices
• Drive technical direction for foundational platform services and distributed system architecture

Requirements:

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Strong experience designing and building distributed systems and microservices from the ground up
• Proven experience owning services throughout the full software development lifecycle
• Strong programming experience in Rust (or comparable systems languages such as C/C++ or Go)
• Deep understanding of system design, service architecture, and API design
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerized applications, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines and production deployments
• Strong Linux development and debugging experience
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, distributed storage, and caching technologies
• Passion for building secure, reliable, and scalable systems
• Experience with confidential computing, trusted execution environments, encryption, or security infrastructure is a plus
• Background in performance‑critical systems, infrastructure platforms, or developer platforms is a plus

Additional Information:

• Hybrid schedule based in Santa Clara, CA
• Unable to provide visa sponsorship
• Opportunity to work on highly scalable distributed systems and next‑generation cloud infrastructure in a hands‑on technical leadership role