SENIOR RUST DEVELOPER (HYBRID)

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Summary: Join an innovative cloud-native product platform as a Senior Rust Backend Engineer to build a next-generation Product Ownership Management Platform with Digital Product Passport capabilities. Highlights: 1. Work on an innovative Digital Product Passport platform 2. Build secure and scalable cloud-native systems 3. Join a highly skilled international engineering team #### **SENIOR RUST DEVELOPER (HYBRID LISBON)** Portuguese company hires for hybrid position Location: Lisbon, Portugal * ️ Only candidates already based in Portugal will be considered Work Model: Hybrid (40% On\-site \| 60% Remote) ️ Language Requirements: English (B2\+ or higher) Seniority: Senior (6\+ years) Sector: Cyclical consumption Rate Between €2900 \- 3200 RV * ️ Instructions: Please send your CV in English and make sure to include all skills and experience that match the requirements of the opportunity. This will significantly increase your chances of success #### **Join an Innovative Cloud\-Native Product Platform** An international technology organization is looking for a **Senior Rust Backend Engineer** to help build a next\-generation **Product Ownership Management (POM) Platform** with **Digital Product Passport (DPP)** capabilities. This is an opportunity to work on a highly scalable, secure, and event\-driven platform that manages digital ownership lifecycles, immutable audit trails, and enterprise integrations. You will be part of a lean, high\-performing engineering team delivering cloud\-native solutions in an agile environment. #### **What You'll Do** **Backend Engineering** * Develop high\-performance **Rust\-based microservices** * Build services for: * Digital ownership lifecycle management (claim, transfer, reset, redeem) * Immutable audit logging and traceability * RESTful APIs following OpenAPI standards * Deliver scalable, low\-latency, production\-grade solutions **API \& Systems Integration** * Design and maintain REST APIs and event\-driven integrations * Work with messaging platforms such as **Kafka**, **Solace**, or similar technologies * Integrate with enterprise systems including: * API Gateways * Identity \& Access Management (IAM) platforms * Product and Data Platforms * Ensure reliability across synchronous and asynchronous workflows **Data \& Audit Architecture** * Implement ownership state management and lifecycle tracking * Design append\-only audit event models * Ensure: * Data consistency * Concurrency control * Idempotent operations * Complete traceability of business actions **Security \& Compliance** * Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms * Apply secure coding practices and API protection standards * Collaborate on IAM integrations including: * SSO * SCIM * RBAC / ABAC **Quality Engineering** * Develop: * Unit tests * Integration tests * API and contract tests * Participate in code reviews and continuous quality improvement initiatives * Collaborate closely with QA teams for end\-to\-end validation **Cloud \& DevOps Collaboration** * Deploy and maintain services in **AWS** * Work with: * EKS * Docker * Kubernetes * CI/CD pipelines * Improve observability through logging, metrics, and monitoring #### **Required Skills** **Technical Expertise** ✔ Strong experience with **Rust** ✔ 6\+ years in backend software development ✔ Microservices architecture and REST APIs ✔ Event\-driven systems and messaging platforms **Cloud \& DevOps** ✔ AWS (especially EKS) ✔ Docker \& Kubernetes ✔ CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, or similar) **Data \& Distributed Systems** ✔ Relational and/or NoSQL databases ✔ Distributed systems principles ✔ Transaction management and consistency patterns **Security** ✔ OAuth2 \& OpenID Connect (OIDC) ✔ Authentication \& authorization models ✔ Secure coding best practices #### **Nice to Have** * Event Sourcing * Audit Ledger Design * Immutable Data Architectures * Domain\-Driven Design (DDD) * OpenAPI \& AsyncAPI Standards * IAM Standards (SCIM, RBAC/ABAC, OPA) * Cloud\-Native Architecture Design * Backend Architecture Leadership #### **Why Consider This Opportunity?** * Work on an innovative **Digital Product Passport** platform * Build secure and scalable cloud\-native systems * Join a highly skilled international engineering team * Exposure to modern architecture patterns and event\-driven ecosystems * Hybrid working model in Lisbon with strong remote flexibility #### **Keywords** Rust, Backend Engineer, Rust Developer, Microservices, REST API, OpenAPI, Event\-Driven Architecture, Kafka, Solace, AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, GitLab, Jenkins, Cloud Native, Digital Product Passport, Product Ownership Management, IAM, OAuth2, OIDC, SCIM, RBAC, ABAC, Distributed Systems, NoSQL, SQL, Event Sourcing, DDD, Audit Logging, Software Engineer, Lisbon, Hybrid \#00342789