[Hiring] Rust Backend Architect @Gramian Consulting Group

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Rust Backend Architect to contribute to an AI training project focused on production-grade Rust development, backend architecture, and complex systems engineering. You will solve and validate technical problems involving:

• APIs
• Persistence
• Asynchronous processing
• Concurrency
• Performance
• Service reliability

You will also:

• Build reproducible implementation and testing environments
• Assess architectural decisions
• Ensure backend solutions meet production-quality standards

The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on Rust programming skills with proven experience designing, debugging, and evaluating reliable backend systems.

Qualifications

• SENIORITY: Senior / Architect-Level Engineer
• LANGUAGE: Strong written and verbal English
• LOCATION: Remote — Worldwide
• START DATE: Immediate availability preferred

Requirements

• Solve and validate Rust backend engineering problems involving APIs, service behavior, data persistence, concurrency, performance, and reliability
• Translate functional requirements, performance targets, and failure-handling expectations into reproducible implementation and testing workflows
• Design, review, and assess backend architectures for correctness, scalability, maintainability, and production readiness
• Prepare Rust crate workspaces, configuration files, test fixtures, dependency services, databases, and containerized development environments
• Develop and validate test cases that assess expected behavior, edge cases, failure scenarios, and system reliability
• Debug complex backend issues and identify weaknesses in implementation, architecture, or system design
• Evaluate asynchronous and concurrent systems, including potential race conditions, resource contention, and performance bottlenecks
• Produce clear technical explanations and implementation artifacts that meet project specifications and support AI training and evaluation
• Maintain consistent output quality while meeting weekly submission requirements and project deadlines
• Strong hands-on proficiency in Rust, demonstrated through substantial professional, research, or open-source software development
• Strong understanding of backend service design, APIs, data persistence, and production software architecture
• Practical knowledge of asynchronous programming, concurrency, error handling, and performance optimization in Rust
• Experience analyzing and resolving complex backend correctness, scalability, reliability, or performance problems
• Ability to translate technical requirements into working implementations, reproducible tests, and verifiable outcomes
• Experience with Rust workspaces, dependency management, test environments, and backend development tooling
• Strong debugging, analytical reasoning, and technical problem-solving skills
• Clear written communication and the ability to explain architectural decisions and technical findings
• Availability to contribute approximately 15 hours per week and meet the project's minimum weekly task requirements
• Ability to begin work within 24–48 hours after completing onboarding