Senior Rust Front End Engineer

Senior Rust Front End Engineer
Full time | Remote | Australia
About the role
Our client is a fast growing technology company building secure, intuitive digital experiences used by customers around the world. They’re hiring a Senior Rust Front End Engineer to turn complex, security sensitive workflows into reliable, polished interfaces.
You’ll work closely with UX, Design, Product, Architecture and Engineering in a hands on role with real ownership, from technical design through to testing, release and production support. Much of the work is greenfield, so you’ll help set the patterns for a growing Rust engineering team.
The tech
Rust, Leptos, WebAssembly and Tailwind CSS on the front end, running on AWS with serverless and event driven architecture.
What you’ll do
Design, build and maintain secure Rust web applications using Leptos and WebAssembly
Lead adoption of secure, AI assisted development practices across UX, product and engineering
Translate Figma designs and product requirements into responsive, accessible interfaces
Build reusable UI components and contribute to a consistent design system
Own features end to end, including release and production support
Set practical standards for architecture, code quality, testing, documentation, performance and accessibility
Review code, investigate defects and fix root causes
Prototype solutions and clearly explain technical trade offs
What you’ll bring
Strong professional experience building and maintaining production web applications
Hands on experience securing public facing apps against XSS, CSRF, clickjacking, injection attacks and supply chain risks
Experience implementing and troubleshooting browser security controls (CSP, CORP, COOP)
Familiarity with OWASP Top 10, secure authentication and session management, and modern identity protocols
Experience in security reviews, threat modelling, vulnerability remediation and secure SDLC
Demonstrated experience delivering non trivial applications or components in Rust
Strong HTML, CSS, JavaScript and TypeScript
Experience with a modern UI framework such as Leptos, React, SolidJS or Angular
Experience turning design specs into responsive, production quality interfaces
Sound knowledge of software design, data structures, testing, debugging and performance
Strong written and verbal communication, and the ability to work independently across a distributed team

Work arrangement
Yes