Staff Software Engineer / Rust / Santa Clara

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, Google Cloud Platform, 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