Remote
Staff Software Engineer
Digital Identity Company €100 000 - €120 000
Remote - Europe 🇪🇺
Digital Identity Company A remote-first technology company building secure, privacy-aware backend infrastructure for digital identity, authorization, and trust-based systems. The platform focuses on enabling secure data exchange and access control at scale, with a strong emphasis on security-by-design.
Overview
This is a Staff-level backend engineering role with meaningful ownership over architecture and technical direction. The environment is highly engineering-driven, with backend systems treated as long-term products rather than short-lived services.
You will work on security-critical, high-performance backend systems written in Rust, with a focus on correctness, scalability, and maintainability.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership across backend systems written in Rust
- Drive architecture for security-critical, high-performance services
- Design and implement systems related to:
- Cryptography
- Authentication and authorization
- Identity and trust infrastructure
- Mentor 4–8 backend engineers, contributing hands-on where it matters
- Work across event-driven and serverless architectures
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product stakeholders
Requirements
- Strong production experience with Rust
- Staff-level seniority with exposure to complex, distributed systems
- Experience designing backend systems where security, correctness, and performance are critical
- Familiarity with modern backend and cloud architectures
- Comfortable mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary: €100,000 – €120,000
- Annual bonus: ~15%
- Equity: Included
- Remote-first: EU / UK
Send your resume to digital.identity.staff@rustjobs.dev
Application process
- Your application goes directly to the Rust Jobs team. We manage hiring for this role on behalf of the company.
- Every CV is read by a human, not a filter. We assess it against the requirements before anything else happens.
- If your application is a strong fit, we'll reach out by email to introduce ourselves and walk you through the next steps with the company.
Application volume is high, so we can't reply to every candidate individually. If you haven't heard from us within 5 working days, please assume we're not moving forward on this occasion. Join our talent network to be considered for future roles.
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