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ZP-2585 Senior Recently added

Senior Blockchain & Backend Engineer

United States
13 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Built low-latency Solana and DeFi trading infrastructure in asynchronous Rust and Go, including multi-venue arbitrage, Drift automation, and Anchor-based on-chain programs. Implemented Yellowstone gRPC market-data streaming, Jupiter routing, Jito bundle submission, and transaction simulation for automated execution reliability.

  • Bridged Rust services with Python using PyO3
  • Built asynchronous backend services with Tokio and Axum
  • Integrated PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Oracle databases
  • Automated containerized delivery through Docker and GitHub Actions
RustGoPythonTypeScriptSQLTokio
Interviewing now $90k-140k/yr
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EK-9668 Principal Recently added

Senior Systems & Software Engineer

United States
27 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Develops crash-resilient Rust and Python services around asynchronous event streams, binary protocols, WAL-backed storage, and POSIX concurrency primitives. Combines API security engineering with property-based testing, constant-time cryptography, and distributed resilience patterns.

  • BOLA and IDOR authorization boundary audits
  • PostgreSQL WAL and SQLite FTS5 systems
  • Circuit breakers and concurrency bulkheads
  • AST-based query gating for secure APIs
RustTokioSerdeMemory SafetyConcurrencyPython
Interviewing now $150-165/hr
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#HIRED Staff Recently hired

Staff API Engineer

United States
8 years
Remote
Employee
Experienced software engineer with strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architecture. Proven track record delivering production systems at scale. Skilled in designing fault-tolerant services, optimising CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring junior developers across cross-functional teams.
  • 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
RustAxumPostgreSQLRedisAWSDockerKafkagRPC
Hired Salary: $XXX,XXX
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VE-8534 Lead

Senior Rust Engineer

United States
19 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Builds Rust and Bun microservices for real-time, AI-driven threat detection and security intelligence. Has designed Kubernetes infrastructure on AWS and worked across e-commerce fulfillment optimization, cloud platforms, multidimensional databases, and headless commerce.

  • API architecture and developer advocacy
  • E-commerce date-delivery optimization
  • Data migration and platform modernization
  • Security and regulatory compliance engineering
JavaScriptTypeScriptRustPHPPythonJava
Interviewing now $180k-230k/yr
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ET-4877 Lead

Senior Software Engineer

United States
11 years
Remote
Employee

Developed high-performance microservices for distributed systems using Rust and Go. Architected scalable event-driven platforms with an emphasis on data consistency.

  • Optimized SQL queries for large-scale data processing
  • Built real-time data analytics pipelines
  • Implemented RESTful APIs with TypeScript
RustGoPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptSQL
Interviewing now $120k-180k/yr
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NB-3142 Senior

Senior Rust Backend Engineer

United States
6 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Specialized in backend system optimization using Rust and C++17/20, focusing on high-performance data processing. Developed scalable data pipelines with SQL and Go for real-time analytics.

  • Integrated TypeScript for frontend enhancements
  • Optimized Python scripts for data transformation
  • Developed cross-platform applications with C++
RustC++17/20PythonGoTypeScriptSQL
Available in 2 weeks $150k-200k/yr
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AT-2789 Staff

IT Lead

United States
9 years
Flexible
Employee

Built and administered hybrid Windows/Linux infrastructure with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, firewalls, patching, and disaster-recovery workflows. Developed PowerShell, Bash, Python, and Java automation for system operations, log analysis, healthcare integrations, and an AI-powered call-translation workflow.

  • AWS EC2 and S3 infrastructure administration
  • Ransomware mitigation and vulnerability assessment
  • MySQL and SQL Server operational tooling
  • Wireshark and Nmap network diagnostics
Windows Server 2016/2019LinuxUbuntuKali LinuxActive DirectoryGroup Policy
Interviewing now $40k-75k/yr
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SZ-5091 Senior

Senior Software Engineer

United States
6 years
Flexible
Employee

Developed robust distributed systems and cloud infrastructure solutions. Expertly applied GraphQL for efficient data querying in cloud-native applications.

  • Engineered distributed systems
  • Implemented cloud infrastructure solutions
  • Utilized GraphQL for data querying
Godistributed systemscloud infrastructureTypeScriptNode.jsGraphQL
Available in 1 month Salary on request
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KW-3297 Principal

Senior Backend Engineer

United States
22 years
Remote
Freelancer

Designed and implemented large-scale distributed systems handling millions of transactions per second. Spearheaded the transition to microservices architecture for a major financial platform, reducing latency by 40%. Developed an event-driven architecture to streamline real-time data processing across multiple services.

  • Optimized JVM-based applications for high-frequency trading systems
  • Architected scalable solutions with Apache Kafka in Rust
  • Built a multi-language service mesh for cross-platform interoperability
RustJavaScalaApache KafkagRPCTIBCO
Interviewing now $100-100/hr
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MC-2761 Senior

Software Engineer

United States
5 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Developed scalable microservices using Rust and FastAPI for data-intensive applications. Utilized Docker containers to streamline deployment processes across distributed systems.

  • Built microservices with Rust and FastAPI
  • Deployed applications using Docker
  • Worked with SQL and NoSQL databases
PythonRustSQLNoSQLFastAPIDocker
Interviewing now $100k-175k/yr
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EU-4988 Senior

CTO & Founding Engineer (Rust)

United States
7 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Architected Rust event-driven services on AWS EKS processing more than one million concurrent interaction events across multiple production deployments. Built exactly-once pipelines across Kinesis, Lambda, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, and Redis, with sub-second delivery and automated infrastructure managed through Terraform, Helm, and ArgoCD.

  • LGTM observability stack
  • Backpressure-aware event processing
  • AI recommendation infrastructure
  • GitOps deployment automation
RustGoPythonTypeScriptRubyJavaScript
Interviewing now $150k-200k/yr
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SL-4391 Senior

Senior Backend & Data Engineer

United States
10 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Engineered scalable backend services for data-intensive applications, focusing on microservices architecture and container orchestration. Implemented data transformation pipelines using Rust to enhance data processing efficiency.

  • Designed RESTful APIs with TypeScript and Rust
  • Automated infrastructure with Docker and Bash scripting
  • Built CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration
PythonRustTypeScriptBashPowershellDocker
Interviewing now $80k-100k/yr
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JE-5409 Lead

Senior Software Engineer

United States
11 years
Remote
Employee

Led the design of microservices architecture using Golang and Rust, integrating gRPC for efficient communication. Developed RESTful APIs for scalable cloud applications.

  • Designed microservices architecture with Golang
  • Integrated gRPC for communication
  • Developed scalable RESTful APIs
GolangRustPythonMicroservicesgRPCRESTful APIs
Interviewing now $120k-135k/yr
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JP-5052 Principal

Staff/Senior Software Engineer

United States
20 years
Remote
Employee

Architected a high-throughput, distributed financial trading platform using Rust and Go, handling millions of transactions per second. Spearheaded the development of a microservices architecture for a healthcare data processing system, integrating Java and Python components.

  • Implemented real-time data analytics engine in JavaScript
  • Developed custom C# libraries for enterprise applications
  • Optimized legacy systems by porting to modern Rust codebase
GoJavaPythonC#RustJavaScript
Interviewing now $168k-195k/yr
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ET-5378 Senior

Full Stack Developer (RA)

United States
5 years
Flexible
Employee

Builds Java and Spring Boot microservices for telecom and enterprise systems, including billing workflows, gRPC integrations, and AWS-hosted services. Redesigned a billing layer to reduce pipeline failures by 20% and migrated legacy components to gRPC with latency reductions reaching 30%.

  • Implemented Kafka-based event processing
  • Applied OAuth2, PKCE, RBAC, and HMAC
  • Operated Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS
  • Instrumented services with Prometheus and Grafana
JavaPythonSQLJavaScriptTypeScriptRust
Interviewing now $130k-160k/yr
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