Rust Developer

Rust DeveloperCheltenham / Flexible Hybrid£95,000 £100,000 basic + packageUK Security Clearance eligibility requiredAn opportunity has opened for an experienced Senior Rust Developer to join a growing engineering team working on next-generation, cutting-edge national defence technologies. This is a genuinely technical role for somebody with strong commercial Rust experience who is comfortable working across secure systems, networking, distributed architectures and cryptography. Youll be involved throughout the engineering lifecycle designing and developing secure, high-performance software, solving complex technical problems and contributing to architecture and security decisions across highly sensitive systems.BenefitsBasic starting salary of £95,000 - £100,000Discretionary BonusBenefits including Pension Plan, Life Assurance etc.25 days annual leave plus Bank HolidaysHybrid working - onsite and remote / work from homeFlexible working hoursAwesome team and company culture - knowledge sharing peersA genuine opportunity to work on exciting projects and progress your careerWhat youll be doingDesigning and developing high-performance software using RustBuilding distributed and networked systemsWorking with Zenoh / Eclipse Zenoh, including publish/subscribe and peer-to-peer communicationsDeveloping secure communications using TLS 1.2/1.3, mTLS, PKI and X.509 certificatesWorking with certificate lifecycle management, trust chains and secure key managementApplying cryptographic principles including encryption, hashing, digital signatures and key exchangeDeveloping resilient network services using TCP/IPInvestigating complex software, networking, security and performance issuesIdentifying and reducing technical, architectural and cyber-security risksMaintaining high standards across secure coding, automated testing and code reviewProviding technical guidance across multidisciplinary engineering teamsWhat were looking forRust development / systems programmingOwnership, borrowing, lifetimes and traitsConcurrency and asynchronous RustZenoh / Eclipse ZenohDistributed messaging and publish/subscribe architecturesSecure software engineering / secure-by-design principlesTLS / SSL, mTLS, PKI and X.509Certificate Authorities, certificate chains and trust storesApplied cryptography and secure key managementNetwork programming and TCP/IPLinux-based developmentSoftware architecture, debugging and complex problem solvingAutomated testing, Git and CI/CDExperience with technologies such as rustls, OpenSSL, RustCrypto, Tokio, HSMs, TPMs, Zero Trust architectures, embedded/edge systems or other high-assurance software environments would be particularly useful.Defence / SecurityPrevious experience within Defence, National Security, Government or another security-sensitive environment would be advantageous, particularly where youve worked on secure communications or high-assurance software.You must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of UK National Security Vetting for the position. Existing clearance would obviously be beneficial but isnt necessarily essential.Why consider it?This isnt a standard commercial Rust role. Youll be working on complex, technically demanding systems where performance, resilience and security genuinely matter, within a business developing cutting-edge national defence technology.Alternative job titles: Rust Engineer, Software Engineer, Software DeveloperJBRP1_UKTJ

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