Staff Backend Engineer – Rust

Ubiminds

Staff Backend Engineer at Ubiminds developing a healthcare data platform. Focusing on scalable backend systems using Rust and contributing to AI-driven solutions.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇧🇷 BrazilLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsDockerKubernetesRubyRustTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and expand a large-scale healthcare data platform and member management solution.
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs.
Partner closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions.
Take ownership of projects from concept through deployment and ongoing operation.
Contribute to AI-powered initiatives and help design and launch AI-driven products and features.
Scale infrastructure that connects healthcare insurance carriers and technology partners.
Improve engineering standards, development practices, and technical processes.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through technical guidance and code reviews.
Participate in architecture discussions and long-term technical planning.
Write clean, maintainable, well-tested, and production-ready code.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong hands-on experience with Rust in production environments.
Experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs.
Proven experience building and launching AI-powered products or projects.
Strong understanding of software architecture and backend system design.
Passion for software craftsmanship and high-quality engineering practices.
Ability to take ownership of complex, unstructured problems and drive solutions independently.
Experience working in highly collaborative engineering teams.
Strong communication skills with an emphasis on transparency and positive collaboration.
English proficiency at C1 (written and verbal).
Familiarity with Ruby and Ruby-based applications is nice to have.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform.
Exposure to observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog.
Experience with performance monitoring and optimization.
Experience handling production incidents and improving operational excellence.
Knowledge of CI/CD optimization and deployment automation.
Background in large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure-intensive products.
Experience working within healthcare, insurance, or highly regulated industries.

Benefits

Comp & perks

You are placed in a product-based company, with the same treatment as their full-time employees.
Have our full back-office support, from career guidance to HR and concierge services.
Enjoy our remote-first policy – we are a distributed team, after all.
Get your own MacBook (none of that "bring your own device" stuff here).
Have access to growth opportunities with other amazing technology professionals, through tech talks, chapter meetings, and even remote happy hours for tons of fun!
Improve your English through free lessons with a native English speaker - get to the next level on your communication skills!
Candidate Referral bonus (promote Ubi to your tech friends, and get paid for it!)
Miss working in the office? Our cool Florianópolis headquarters is available, whenever you want, with weekly quick massages & tasty snacks, soft drinks, and games

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Hard Skills & Tools

RustAPI designAI-powered product developmentsoftware architecturebackend system designperformance monitoringCI/CD optimizationdeployment automationDockerKubernetes

Soft Skills

ownershipproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationmentorshiptransparencypositive collaborationtechnical guidancecode reviewspassion for software craftsmanship