Rust Technical Lead

Location: Pessac, Bordeaux area
Working model: Primarily onsite
Employment: Permanent
Indicative package: Approximately €80,000 total compensation, with some flexibility depending on experience

The opportunity

We are supporting an established global technology organisation seeking a Rust Technical Lead to join a specialist R&D engineering environment.

The organisation develops complex, security-sensitive technology used within international and business-critical environments. This position will play an important role in shaping the technical direction of a software programme involving Rust-based development, REST APIs and integration with wider software systems.

This is not a purely managerial position. The successful person will remain close to the code while providing technical direction, supporting other engineers and influencing architectural decisions across the programme.

The role

You will act as a senior technical authority across software development, architecture and system integration.

Working alongside developers, architects, delivery teams and internal stakeholders, you will help define how software is designed, implemented, integrated and evolved. You will also provide guidance to engineers, introduce appropriate technologies and ensure that important technical decisions are communicated clearly.

The role does not depend on formal line-management authority. Success will come from technical credibility, sound judgement and the ability to influence people across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex production software using Rust

• Shape software architecture and system-integration decisions

• Design and implement secure, reliable and maintainable REST APIs

• Evaluate Rust libraries, frameworks and development approaches

• Provide technical leadership across engineering and delivery teams

• Contribute to specification analysis, technical studies and technology assessments

• Review software designs and source code

• Promote secure coding, testing and engineering best practices

• Troubleshoot complex software, integration and performance issues

• Improve software performance, reliability and maintainability

• Define and promote technical standards and engineering governance

• Coach developers and support their technical development

• Explain complex technical decisions to internal and external stakeholders

• Identify emerging technologies and propose relevant improvements

• Balance technical quality, security, delivery timescales and business requirements

Essential experience

• Strong commercial software-development experience using Rust

• Deep understanding of the Rust language, ecosystem, strengths and limitations

• Experience applying Rust within production environments

• Strong REST API design and development experience

• Software architecture and system-integration experience

• Recent hands-on coding experience

• Experience designing or delivering complex software components

• Strong understanding of testing, source control, code reviews and secure coding

• Ability to diagnose complex technical and performance problems

• Evidence of technical leadership, mentoring or engineering influence

• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills

• Ability to make complex technical subjects understandable to different audiences

• Proactive and creative approach to engineering problems

Relevant technical backgrounds

Experience may come from areas including:

• Systems programming

• Distributed systems

• Embedded software

• Performance-sensitive platforms

• Security-sensitive software

• Backend platforms and services

• Complex enterprise integration

Experience with C or Java would be valuable, particularly where Rust components have been integrated into wider multi-language environments.

Working environment

The engineering environment places a strong emphasis on security, confidentiality and structured development processes. Some development activity takes place within restricted systems and closed networks, so candidates must be comfortable working primarily from the office.

This environment will suit someone who combines the technical curiosity often found within start-ups with the discipline required to deliver within a mature, secure and internationally operating organisation.

Candidate profile

You are likely to be a senior Rust engineer, Technical Lead, Principal Engineer or hands-on Software Architect.

You should be capable of taking ownership of difficult technical questions rather than waiting for detailed instructions. You will be expected to challenge assumptions constructively, propose new ideas and help other engineers make stronger technical decisions.

Most importantly, you should combine deep technical capability with the communication skills required to influence teams, architects and stakeholders.