Software Engineer

Senior Rust Engineer | Version Control Systems | Open Source Infrastructure
We are looking for an experienced Rust Engineer to join a high-impact engineering initiative focused on the future of developer tooling, large-scale version control systems, and AI-assisted software development.
This role offers the opportunity to contribute to open-source technologies that are enabling next-generation development workflows across large repositories, distributed teams, and automated agent-based environments.
You will work on challenging systems-level engineering problems spanning source control, distributed systems, cloud-backed repositories, virtual filesystems, performance optimisation, and developer experience.
What You'll Be Working On
Extending and enhancing the version control ecosystem
Contributing to gitoxide and Git compatibility initiatives
Building cloud-native repository backends designed for enterprise-scale development
Developing high-performance storage, caching, and virtual filesystem solutions
Improving support for large repositories and distributed workflows
Designing extensibility frameworks, APIs, and plugin architectures
Enhancing developer tooling for AI-assisted and automated software engineering workflows
Collaborating directly with open-source maintainers and upstream communities
What We're Looking For
Essential
Strong commercial experience with Rust
Deep understanding of Git and modern version control concepts
Experience building developer tools, infrastructure platforms, SDKs, CLIs, or systems software
Strong knowledge of software architecture and distributed systems
Experience contributing to open-source projects
Track record of delivering high-quality production software
Highly Desirable
Experience with Git internals, source control systems, or repository storage technologies
Contributions to projects such as Git, gitoxide, JGit, Mercurial, or similar tooling
Knowledge of packfiles, commit graphs, refs, reftables, partial clone, or repository performance optimisation
Experience with storage engines, filesystems, caching layers, or large-scale infrastructure
Familiarity with gRPC, distributed services, authentication systems, and cloud platforms
Open-source maintainer experience or a strong public GitHub profile
We are especially interested in engineers who actively contribute to open-source communities and enjoy working on technically demanding problems that have a broad impact across the software engineering ecosystem.
Why Join?
Work on cutting-edge developer infrastructure
Contribute directly to widely-used open-source projects
Help shape the future of AI-enabled software development
Solve complex technical challenges at the intersection of version control, cloud infrastructure, and developer productivity
Collaborate with recognised experts in the open-source ecosystem
If you have a passion for Rust, developer tooling, distributed systems, and open-source software, we'd love to hear from you.

Work arrangement
Yes