Senior Rust Developer

Overview

Design, develop and maintain high-performance systems software for data resiliency, backup and restore, ransomware defence and data security, working in a fast-paced startup environment with quick release cycles.

What you'll do

• Design, develop and maintain high-performance, asynchronous Rust applications for backup and restore.
• Build and optimize core system components for file discovery, indexing, data transfer and multi-platform support.
• Implement efficient async/await patterns using Tokio for concurrent and event-driven operations.
• Optimize system resource usage, including memory, CPU, I/O and network, for large-scale data operations.
• Write comprehensive unit tests for individual components and integration tests to validate end-to-end functionality.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, Engineering, QA and DevOps teams, including remote teams.
• Participate in architecture discussions, technical design decisions, code reviews and troubleshooting.

What you'll need

• 6+ years of backend development experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on production experience with Rust in performance-critical systems.
• Strong proficiency in async Rust, including Tokio, async/await, concurrent patterns and synchronization primitives.
• Deep understanding of systems programming, including file I/O, process management, memory management and system calls.
• Experience with system-level APIs and FFI, including libc, Windows APIs, POSIX APIs and hypervisor APIs.
• Proficiency with Rust ecosystem tools, including Cargo, Clippy, rustfmt, rustdoc and debugging with GDB/LLDB.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, software design principles and performance optimization.

Nice to have

• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with distributed/remote teams.

Details

• Based in Bangalore, working from the HSR Layout office.
• Willingness to work alternate Saturdays.
• Comfortable with dynamic workloads and flexible work hours, typical of a startup environment.
• Speed, adaptability and ownership mindset are essential.