Senior Rust Developer

Ransomware hides inside data your security stack never analyzes. Elastio closes that gap. Our Hunt Engine performs Deep File Inspection across live, replicated, and backup data to find threats before they destroy recovery options. The outcome:
Proven Data your team can trust, and Provable Recovery you can demonstrate to leadership before an attack happens.

Position overview

We are looking for a Senior Rust Developer to join our hybrid engineering team in Toronto. You will work across the full stack to design, build, and optimize features that protect critical cloud data s role sits at the core of our platform: high-performance backend services, cloud infrastructure, and AI integration. You will own hard problems and ship code that runs in production environments where failure has real consequences.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain backend services in Rust for a large-scale cloud platform.

Design and implement high-performance, secure, and scalable systems with an emphasis on reliability.

Collaborate with UX/UI designers to deliver intuitive, responsive web applications.

Contribute to architecture and design decisions across security, reliability, and performance.

Integrate AI and LLM capabilities into the platform.

Continuously improve system performance using observability tools including Prometheus and Grafana.

Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges across the stack.

• 4+ years of professional Rust development building production-grade applications and APIs.
• Strong experience with asynchronous programming, event-driven architectures, and stream processing.
• Cloud experience with AWS;
  Azure or GCP a plus.
• Hands-on experience with microservices, serverless, and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Self-motivated, with a strong track record of writing clean, maintainable code.

• Knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, or AI/ML integration.
• Experience with Kafka and Redis.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or AWS Aurora.
• Experience working in fast-paced security or infrastructure product teams.

• Proficiency with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services.
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana for observability.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Comfortable working Monday through Friday with occasional weekend availability as needed.

• High-impact work in cloud cybersecurity with hard engineering problems.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and equity.
• Hybrid work model with flexible arrangements.
• Collaborative team where engineers influence product architecture directly.