Senior Software Engineer – Rust

Red Hat

. Build and maintain core product features using Rust, focusing on safety, concurrency, and performance .

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeRaleigh • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $116,270 - $191,840 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerKubernetesLinuxRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and maintain core product features using Rust, focusing on safety, concurrency, and performance
Collaborate with the team on release engineering to ensure production releases are timely, secure, and stable
Optimize the product at all layers—from the developer workflow and build pipelines to low level system performance
Present your work to stakeholders, translating technical complexity into clear product narratives
Build tools to improve work processes, including documenting your work

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience building and scaling applications
Strong skills with container security scanning and mitigation
Skilled with podman or docker, kubernetes, building and running container images
Experience solving problems at the systems level
Strong Linux skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work with distributed teams
A degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred but not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off and holidays
Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Rustcontainer security scanningpodmandockerkubernetesLinuxsystem performance optimizationrelease engineeringbuild pipelinesapplication scaling

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingdocumentationstakeholder presentationtechnical translationteamworkorganizational skillsverbal communicationwritten communication

Certifications

degree in Computer Science