Rust Software Engineer (Contract)

In this role, you will help build a new distributed storage platform in Rust that underpins research workflows. You’ll collaborate with researchers and engineers to shape data access and storage strategies at scale. You’ll work with AI-enabled tooling and deploy services in Kubernetes, driving performance and operational excellence. This is a chance to impact how teams access and analyze large data sets while shaping core platform architecture.

• Highly competitive compensation
• Lunch provided (Just Eat for Business)
• Barista bar
• Informal dress code
• Excellent work/life balance
• Monthly company events

• Design and develop core components of a distributed storage platform in Rust
• Build scalable, resilient and performant systems for large data workloads
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to understand data access requirements
• Contribute to architectural decisions across distributed systems and data management
• Develop and optimise services that run in Kubernetes environments
• Integrate event-driven and streaming technologies, including Kafka, into the wider platform
• Promote engineering best practice, code quality and thorough testing

• Commercial experience developing production systems in Rust
• Solid grounding in distributed systems and their design trade-offs
• Experience building systems that handle large volumes of data reliably
• Experience with Kubernetes is beneficial
• Familiarity with event-driven or streaming technologies such as Kafka is desirable
• Collaborative approach and ability to explain technical decisions clearly to colleagues
• Commitment to testing, code quality and operational excellence

• Collaborative approach
• Clear communication of technical decisions
• Commitment to quality and testing
• Rust
• Distributed systems
• Kubernetes