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Backend Rust Developers in Berlin







Built through years working with teams and engineers in the Rust ecosystem.
We specialize in systems programming, database internals, and performance-critical infrastructure.
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Available Developers
Staff Software Engineer - Backend / Platform
Designed and migrated a carrier-integration platform serving millions of daily requests with availability above 99.99% and no customer-facing migration downtime. Implemented Rust/Axum accounting integration plus event-driven workflow services for shipment placement, invoicing, retention, and financial synchronization.
- Attribute-based authorization with CASL
- BullMQ event-processing workflows
- Kubernetes and Terraform platform operations
- GCP and AWS cloud migrations
Senior Backend Engineer
Built routing infrastructure for real-time multimodal trip search, integrating a routing engine with external mobility APIs. Developed a concurrent Go pipeline that enriches OpenStreetMap geodata before indexing it into Elasticsearch for large-scale place search.
- Event-driven service architectures
- Kubernetes-based CI/CD operations
- Prometheus alerting and vulnerability management
- Geospatial autocomplete optimization
Senior Rust Backend Engineer
- Led migration of monolithic system to microservices architecture
- Built high-throughput data pipeline processing 1M+ events per second
- Designed and implemented real-time monitoring and alerting platform
Lead Senior Software Developer
Built and maintained web platforms using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and Linux-based infrastructure. Applied event-store patterns, domain-driven design, test-driven development, and continuous delivery across full-stack applications and service integrations.
- Elixir service development
- MQTT messaging systems
- Hotwire application interfaces
- Nginx and Apache operations
Senior Product Engineer
Optimized FIX trading infrastructure from approximately 30 to 250 trades per second through concurrency and performance-focused backend changes. Built event-driven settlement workflows that aggregate transactions by instrument and support reliable financial operations.
- Kafka-to-FIX latency measured at 100ms p50 and 200ms p95
- Instrument-level fault isolation for settlement processing
- Database inbox/outbox optimization for event delivery
- SFTP report ingestion with deduplication and validation
Software Engineer
Built cross-chain settlement infrastructure for real customer funds, processing more than $500 million in cumulative volume and approximately $50 million weekly. Designed failure-recoverable transaction state machines in Rust and Move, covering partial commits, releases across systems, and idempotent retries.
- Integrated settlement workflows with internal REST APIs
- Evaluated Wormhole, Polymer, and CCIP integration tradeoffs
- Led external security audit through remediation and sign-off
- Authored protocol specifications and integration documentation
Senior Rust Developer
Engineered concurrent systems using Rust's Tokio and Futures for asynchronous programming. Developed backend services with Go and Dart for scalable applications.
- Optimized network protocols with Rust
- Integrated Bash scripts for system automation
- Designed microservices architecture
Founding Engineer
Pioneered cloud-native applications with Rust and AWS integration. Led the development of scalable microservices architectures with TypeScript and Golang. Specialized in building real-time data processing systems.
- Pioneered cloud-native applications with AWS
- Led microservices development with TypeScript
- Specialized in real-time data processing
Core Database Engineer
Architected a high-performance distributed database system, enhancing concurrency and fault-tolerance using Rust and Erlang. Designed a novel consensus protocol to ensure data consistency across distributed nodes.
- Led migration from monolithic to microservices architecture
- Implemented custom query optimizer in Haskell
- Developed a multi-threaded storage engine in C
Freelance Software Engineer
Built high-performance web applications utilizing Rust and FastAPI, focusing on low-latency data retrieval. Developed scalable backend systems in Python to support dynamic content delivery.
- Implemented real-time collaboration tools with React
- Created complex data visualizations using TypeScript
- Developed C++ libraries for machine learning applications
Software Developer
Developed backend services using Python and Rust with a focus on database management. Implemented both SQL and NoSQL solutions for diverse data requirements.
- Implemented SQL and NoSQL solutions
- Developed Python backend services
- Focused on database management
Founder Engineer
Founded a tech startup specializing in blockchain solutions, coding in Rust and Solidity. Developed a Python-based simulation environment for EVM contract testing.
- Implemented C# libraries for blockchain transaction verification
- Created TypeScript tools for decentralized application development
- Optimized Solidity contracts for gas efficiency
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead
Architected distributed systems using .NET and C#, enabling high availability and fault tolerance. Led the development of a multi-tenant SaaS platform, scaling user capacity by 300%.
- Integrated MS SQL Server for transactional processing
- Optimized network protocols for latency reduction
- Refactored legacy codebases for modern architectures
Principal Software Engineer
Architected a peer-to-peer networking framework supporting millions of concurrent users. Developed cross-platform applications leveraging Rust's memory safety and concurrency features.
- Optimized network protocols for low-latency communication
- Developed custom peer-to-peer file sharing protocols
- Implemented robust error recovery mechanisms in distributed systems
Senior Software Engineer
Engineered Web3 solutions using Rust and Solidity for decentralized finance platforms. Developed cross-platform applications with Next.js and Swift.
- Built Web3 solutions with Rust
- Focused on decentralized finance
- Developed cross-platform apps with Swift