Senior Rust Developer at CrashPlan

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Who We Are:</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/">C</a><a href="https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/">rashPlan</a>® provides cyber-ready data resilience and governance in a single platform for organizations whose ideas power their revenue. With its comprehensive backup and recovery capabilities for data stored on servers, on endpoint devices, and in SaaS applications, CrashPlan’s solutions are trusted by entrepreneurs, professionals, and businesses of all sizes worldwide. From ransomware recovery and breaches to migrations and legal holds, CrashPlan’s suite of products ensures the safety and compliance of your data without disruption.</p></div><div style="margin-left: 0.10800171pt; margin-top: 10.995972pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: sans-serif, arial, helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What You Will Be Doing:</strong></span></span> </span></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.10800171pt; margin-top: 10.995972pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are looking for an experienced Senior Rust Developer to design, develop, and maintain high-performance systems software focused on data resiliency, backup and restore, ransomware defence, and data security. This role requires strong backend and systems programming expertise, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with quick release cycles.</span></p> </div> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 9.030762pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif, arial, helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day in the Life:&nbsp;</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 9.030762pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, asynchronous Rust applications for backup and restore</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build and optimize core system components for file discovery, indexing, data transfer, and multi-platform support</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Implement efficient async/await patterns using Tokio for concurrent and event-driven operations</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Optimize system resource usage, including memory, CPU, I/O, and network, for large-scale data operations</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Write comprehensive unit tests for individual components and integration tests to validate end-to-end functionality</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with Product Management, Engineering, QA, and DevOps teams, including remote teams</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Participate in architecture discussions, technical design decisions, code reviews, and troubleshooting</span></li> </ul> </div> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 9.030762pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: sans-serif, arial, helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Who You Are:</strong></span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; font-family: sans-serif, arial, helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif, arial, helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Required Qualifications:</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6+ years of backend development experience</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3+ years of hands-on production experience with Rust in performance-critical systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong proficiency in async Rust, including Tokio, async/await, concurrent patterns, and synchronization primitives</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Deep understanding of systems programming, including file I/O, process management, memory management, and system calls</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with system-level APIs and FFI, including libc, Windows APIs, POSIX APIs, and hypervisor APIs</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proficiency with Rust ecosystem tools, including Cargo, Clippy, rustfmt, rustdoc, and debugging with GDB/LLDB</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong understanding of system architecture, software design principles, and performance optimization</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 9.030762pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"> <div style="margin-left: 0.83999634pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-family: sans-serif, arial, helvetica; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Preferred Qualifications: </span></strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience working in Agile development environments</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ability to collaborate effectively with distributed/remote teams</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Work Environment &amp; Expectations:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Based in Bangalore, working from the HSR Layout office&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Willingness to work alternate Saturdays&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Comfortable with dynamic workloads and flexible work hours, typical of a startup environment&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Speed, adaptability, and ownership mindset are essential&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <div style="margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><p>CrashPlan values workplace diversity and ensuring an environment of mutual respect. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regards to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by law. We believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.</p></div>