Senior Software Developer, Rust
About The Position
We’re introducing Rust where correctness, performance, and reliability truly matter. Narvar is Growing! Narvar is a multi-language platform, and we’re intentional about where we apply Rust. We’re looking for senior engineers to help us bring Rust into the backbone of the system — the parts that must be fast, safe, and correct under real-world scale. This role is for engineers who want agency: people who enjoy identifying the right problems, choosing the right tools, and owning systems end-to-end. You won’t be handed a narrow ticket queue. You’ll help decide what gets built and how it should be built.
Requirements
- Built and operated distributed systems in production
- Deep hands-on Rust experience (not just experiments or side projects)
- Understand where Rust shines — and where it doesn’t
- Comfortable reasoning about concurrency, async systems, and correctness guarantees
- Experience designing APIs and data contracts that evolve safely over time
- Worked with relational and/or NoSQL databases at scale
- Deployed and operated services in AWS or GCP (We are a GCP Shop though!)
- Take initiative naturally and are comfortable operating with ambiguity
- Communicate clearly and make tradeoffs explicit
Nice To Haves
- Worked in startup or high-ownership environments
- Owned systems in production, including on-call responsibility
- Comfortable moving across the stack when needed (backend-first, full-stack aware)
- Influenced architecture by earning trust, not by mandate
- Use modern tooling (including AI-assisted workflows) to increase leverage, not outsource thinking
Responsibilities
- Design and build high-correctness Rust services that sit on critical platform paths
- Introduce Rust into areas where safety, determinism, and performance are essential
- Own systems from architecture → implementation → rollout → operations
- Make real decisions around concurrency, async boundaries, data integrity, and failure modes
- Work across service boundaries in a polyglot environment (Rust alongside other stacks)
- Collaborate with product, design, and frontend engineers to build systems that are technically sound and product-aware
- Improve reliability, observability, and system behavior through design, not just patching
- Mentor other engineers and raise the bar on system quality and ownership
Benefits
- We work hard but we always make time to celebrate professional wins, baby showers, birthday parties, and everything in between.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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