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# Staff Software Engineer / Rust / Santa Clara

- **Company:** Kelly Services Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, NoSQL, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Cloud Platform System, Caching, Backend, Build Management, Containerization, Linux Development, Kubernetes, Production Code, Api Design, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** July 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/AF6383CE7926411B8606E72F9CB15A72/job/

## About the Role

* 8+ years of backend software engineering experience
 * Strong experience designing and building distributed systems and microservices from the ground up
 * Proven experience owning services throughout the full software development lifecycle
 * Strong programming experience in Rust (or comparable systems languages such as C/C++ or Go)
 * Deep understanding of system design, service architecture, and API design
 * Experience with Kubernetes, containerized applications, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
 * Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and production deployments
 * Strong Linux development and debugging experience
 * Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, distributed storage, and caching technologies
 * Passion for building secure, reliable, and scalable systems
 * Experience with confidential computing, trusted execution environments, encryption, or security infrastructure is a plus
 * Background in performance-critical systems, infrastructure platforms, or developer platforms is a plus

## Description

* Design and build distributed microservices for a large-scale cloud platform
 * Own services end-to-end, including architecture, development, deployment, scaling, and production reliability
 * Lead system design and API architecture discussions across multiple engineering teams
 * Develop secure, resilient, and high-performance backend services
 * Write production-quality code using Rust or other systems-level programming languages
 * Partner cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and engineering teams to deliver complex platform capabilities
 * Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on architecture, code quality, and engineering best practices
 * Drive technical direction for foundational platform services and distributed system architecture


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