At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Bengaluru
About the role
- CrashPlan is looking for an experienced Senior Rust Developer to design, develop, and maintain high-performance systems software focused on data resiliency, backup and restore, ransomware defence, and data security.
- This role requires strong backend and systems programming expertise, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with quick release cycles.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, asynchronous Rust applications for backup and restore
- Build and optimize core system components for file discovery, indexing, data transfer, and multi-platform support
- Implement efficient async/await patterns using Tokio for concurrent and event-driven operations
- Optimize system resource usage, including memory, CPU, I/O, and network, for large-scale data operations
- Write comprehensive unit tests for individual components and integration tests to validate end-to-end functionality
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, Engineering, QA, and DevOps teams, including remote teams
- Participate in architecture discussions, technical design decisions, code reviews, and troubleshooting
Requirements
- 6+ years of backend development experience
- 3+ years of hands-on production experience with Rust in performance-critical systems
- Strong proficiency in async Rust, including Tokio, async/await, concurrent patterns, and synchronization primitives
- Deep understanding of systems programming, including file I/O, process management, memory management, and system calls
- Experience with system-level APIs and FFI, including libc, Windows APIs, POSIX APIs, and hypervisor APIs
- Proficiency with Rust ecosystem tools, including Cargo, Clippy, rustfmt, rustdoc, and debugging with GDB/LLDB
- Strong understanding of system architecture, software design principles, and performance optimization
Preferred qualifications
- Experience working in Agile development environments
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with distributed/remote teams
Workplace
- Based in Bangalore, working from the HSR Layout office
Skills
- Rust
- Tokio
- Cargo
- Clippy
- Rustfmt
- Rustdoc
- GDB
- LLDB
- Libc
- POSIX APIs
- Windows APIs
- Hypervisor APIs
