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KZ-7471 Principal Recently added

Staff Protocol Engineer

United States
15 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Designed MLS group-state features and bidirectional streaming transport for secure messaging, including ordered delivery, heartbeats, reconnects, external invites, and per-field permissions. Reduced 100-device group-invite storage from 8 MB to 200 KB and reduced full-group database loading from 13 reads to one.

  • Migrated core product infrastructure into Rust
  • Built FFI boundaries for untrusted drivers
  • Enabled PostgreSQL through asynchronous database traits
  • Shipped four protocol improvement proposals
Rust Go TypeScript Swift Kotlin Java
Interviewing now $240k-280k/yr
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WZ-4811 Principal Recently added

Software Engineer / Data Engineer

Canada
22 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Engineered high-performance data processing pipelines using Scala and Rust, focusing on real-time analytics. Designed and maintained distributed systems for large-scale data ingestion and processing.

  • Built microservices architecture using Go and Java
  • Integrated TypeScript for front-end data visualization
  • Optimized C++ algorithms for data compression
Java Scala Go Rust C++ TypeScript
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#HIRED Staff Recently hired

Senior Data Systems Engineer

Canada
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
Rust DataFusion Delta Lake PostgreSQL GCP Docker Arrow Kafka
Hired Salary: $XXX,XXX
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QV-6934 Principal

Principal Agentic AI & Lead Data Systems Architect

United States
16 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Architected large-scale, multi-agent AI systems with real-time decision-making capabilities. Designed data systems leveraging GraphRAG for enhanced relational data retrieval and processing.

  • Implemented LangChain for natural language processing tasks
  • Developed scalable AI solutions on VertexAI platform
  • Pioneered multi-agent orchestration techniques
Generative AI GraphRAG Multi-Agent Orchestration LangChain LangGraph VertexAI
Interviewing now $205k-220k/yr
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NK-7708 Senior

Senior Software Engineer

Netherlands
9 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Architected distributed systems with a focus on scalability and high availability. Applied domain-driven design principles to streamline AI/ML application development.

  • Led system analysis for enterprise-level applications
  • Implemented event-driven architectures with Rust
  • Optimized machine learning pipelines for performance
System Analysis Application Architecture Domain Driven Design AI/ML Distributed Systems Rust
Available in 1 month €100k-120k/yr
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WK-8670 Lead

Rust Engineer

Netherlands
19 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Migrates core components of the Redis RediSearch C query engine to Rust across a performance-sensitive C/Rust boundary while preserving behavior and throughput. Has also co-authored incremental C-to-Rust migration training material and built production Rust services integrating Kafka, backend systems, and infrastructure.

  • Security issue discovery in search infrastructure
  • Rust FFI and C ABI maintenance
  • WebAssembly component development
  • Axum and Tokio service implementation
Rust Tokio Axum FFI C interop WebAssembly
Available in 2 weeks €90k-120k/yr
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AW-1760 Staff

Quantitative Developer

Poland
8 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Engineered quantitative models using Rust and Python for financial analytics. Managed cloud-based data processing on AWS and Azure, optimizing cost and efficiency.

  • Developed API integrations for trading platforms
  • Utilized Google Cloud for scalable data storage
  • Created dashboards for real-time financial metrics
Rust Python SQL AWS Azure Google Cloud
Available in 2 weeks $120k-150k/yr
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SX-6573 Lead

Tech Lead

France
10 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Led development of distributed systems using NodeJs and Rust for real-time data processing. Implemented Kafka for event-driven architectures to handle high-throughput data streams. Utilized Redis for caching and fast data access.

  • Integrated GitlabCI for automated testing and deployments
  • Developed monitoring solutions with Kibana
  • Optimized data flow with advanced queuing techniques
NodeJs Kafka Rust Redis GitlabCI Kibana
Available in 1 month $140k-170k/yr
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NW-3325 Senior

Backend Developer

Vietnam
5 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Built backend and data platforms using Python, Rust, PostgreSQL, Airflow, and CDC synchronization, including an enterprise warehouse with dimensional modeling and SCD Type 2 history. Implements asynchronous services with epoll-based I/O, binary protocol parsing, database query planning, and safeguards for financially sensitive payout workflows.

  • RBAC-protected operational application for 80 users
  • PostgreSQL B-tree and query-planning knowledge
  • AWS Lambda and S3 deployments
  • Power BI finance and operations analytics
Python Rust SQL Tokio FastAPI Django
Available in 2 weeks $40k-60k/yr
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AA-7411 Principal

Full Stack Engineer

India
12 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Designed and implemented distributed systems for a high-traffic e-commerce platform using Rust and Scala. Optimized database query performance in SQL to handle millions of transactions per day.

  • Built a real-time analytics pipeline in Python
  • Developed microservices architecture with Java
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines using Bash scripts
Scala SQL Bash Rust Java Python
Interviewing now $70k-220k/yr
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SL-9569 Lead

Co-Founder and Head of Development

Egypt
27 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Built a cybersecurity data-collection platform covering MODBUS, BACnet, MQTT, and Windows/Linux logs for OT, IoT, and IT threat detection. Architected Go and gRPC agents, Kafka-backed services, PostgreSQL storage, Docker deployment, and Angular/TypeScript interfaces.

  • Custom Java Kafka authentication handler integrating Keycloak OAuth2
  • Distributed telemetry ingestion across heterogeneous security environments
  • End-to-end ownership spanning agents, services, infrastructure, and interfaces
Software Architecture Full-Stack Development Cybersecurity Data Platforms Distributed Systems C# .NET
Interviewing now $60k-80k/yr
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PM-5221 Senior

Full-Stack Developer

Kenya
7 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Architected multi-tenant systems with a focus on database design and event-driven architecture. Developed distributed systems to ensure high availability and scalability of web services.

  • Optimized API endpoints for reduced latency
  • Implemented caching strategies for performance enhancement
  • Designed CI/CD pipelines for rapid deployment
System Architecture API Design Database Design Multi-Tenancy Event-Driven Architecture Distributed Systems
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JK-4389 Senior

Software Engineer

Poland
9 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Engineered scalable backend systems using Go and Rust, focusing on high-availability and fault-tolerant architectures. Developed data-intensive applications with a strong emphasis on performance and reliability.

  • Led the migration to a microservices architecture in Go
  • Optimized query performance in Postgres for large datasets
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment
Go PHP Typescript Rust C Postgres
Available in 1 month €80k-120k/yr
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NY-9729 Principal

Founder - Tech Lead

United Kingdom
25 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Led development of distributed systems using Rust and Java, focusing on high concurrency. Spearheaded integration testing frameworks in Python to enhance system reliability.

  • Built distributed systems in Rust and Java
  • Focused on high concurrency solutions
  • Led Python integration testing frameworks
Rust Python Java AWS Google Cloud Azure
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AT-1742 Senior

Software & AI Developer

Kenya
7 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Designed production AI agents using Claude APIs and Model Context Protocol to automate itinerary parsing, client communications, and administrative workflows through REST integrations. Built SQL and NoSQL CRM models, ETL pipelines, and a Rust Solana trading bot, combining data quality controls with blockchain transaction automation.

  • Natural-language workflow orchestration
  • Data-governance and quality validation
  • Solana automated trading execution
  • React and TypeScript application interfaces
Python SQL JavaScript TypeScript Rust React
Interviewing now $104k-156k/yr
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