Software Engineer (Rust - Backend) - Careers - Have I Been Squatted
About this role
Software Engineer (Rust - Backend) Our platform ingests high-volume domain and infrastructure data, runs continuous analysis, and exposes crisp APIs and integrations to our platform. Backend engineers own the performance, correctness, and operability of those systems. You will work across services and data paths from ingestion and enrichment through to query APIs, balancing speed, cost, and clarity so the product stays fast as we grow. Type Remote Region EU + UK Timezone UTC to UTC+1 Remote from Poland, Kosovo, Romania, Austria, Czechia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Italy, United Kingdom or other UTC-adjacent locations Apply now What we offer Remote-first engineering culture with async-friendly communication Ownership of meaningful slices of the system, not ticket-chasing in a silo Rust-first backend with room to improve architecture as we scale Competitive compensation and sensible on-call expectations for your team Nice to have Experience with TimescaleDB, Kafka, or other event/streaming patterns Background in security, DNS, or certificate-related domains Familiarity with AWS (or similar) for deployable, observable services All open roles What you will do 00 Implement and evolve Rust services for ingestion, enrichment, scheduling, and internal tooling 01 Design APIs and data models that stay stable for clients while the implementation improves underneath 02 Profile and optimise hot paths; own observability (metrics, tracing, structured logs) for your areas 03 Collaborate with security research and frontend engineers on end-to-end features 04 Participate in code review, incident learning, and pragmatic technical design discussions What we're looking for 00 Strong Rust experience in production or substantial open-source contributions 01 Solid grasp of async I/O, concurrency, and fault-tolerant service design 02 Comfort working with PostgreSQL or similar relational stores and migration-minded schema changes 03 Pragmatic testing habits: you know when unit, integration, or contract tests pay off Interested in this role? Send a short introduction, your resume, and a link that showcases your work. We reply when there's a fit.
What this role is, and what else it is called
Employers in the UK advertise this kind of work as Web Developer, Software Engineer, Software Developer and PHP Web Developer too, so it is worth searching more than one wording. It is a mid-level Software Engineering role in the UK, advertised as fully remote, so it is open to candidates working from home.
About hiring at Haveibeensquatted
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How this role compares to the market
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