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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Rust Developer - **Company:** Charlie Syrettrichmond Square Consulting Ltd - **Location:** Gloucester, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £95,000.0 - £100,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, Digital Signature, Eclipse (Software), Key Management, Network Programming, Network Service, OpenSSL, Peer-To-Peer (P2P), Public Key Infrastructure, X.509, Software Architecture, Zero Trust Network Access, Secure Coding, System Programming, TCP/IP, Computer Networking Systems, Concurrency, Software Security, Git - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/rust-developer/47348804 ## About the Role onsite and remote / work from home Flexible working hours Awesome team and company culture - knowledge sharing peers A genuine opportunity to work on exciting projects and progress your careerWhat youll be doing Designing and developing high-performance software using Rust Building distributed and networked systems Working with Zenoh / Eclipse Zenoh, including publish/subscribe and peer-to-peer communications Developing secure communications using TLS 1.2/1.3, mTLS, PKI and X.509 certificates Working with certificate lifecycle management, trust chains and secure key management Applying cryptographic principles including encryption, hashing, digital signatures and key exchange Developing resilient network services using TCP/IP Investigating complex software, networking, security and performance issues Identifying and reducing technical, architectural and cyber-security risks Maintaining high standards across secure coding, automated testing and code review Providing technical guidance across multidisciplinary engineering teamsWhat were looking forYoull need strong commercial experience across: Rust development / systems programming Ownership, borrowing, lifetimes and traits Concurrency and asynchronous Rust Zenoh / Eclipse Zenoh Distributed messaging and publish/subscribe architectures Secure software engineering / secure-by-design principles TLS / SSL, mTLS, PKI and X.509 Certificate Authorities, certificate chains and trust stores Applied cryptography and secure key management Network programming and TCP/IP Linux-based development Software architecture, debugging and complex problem solving Automated testing, Git and CI/CD Experience with technologies such as rustls, OpenSSL, RustCrypto, Tokio, HSMs, TPMs, Zero Trust architectures, embedded/edge systems or other high-assurance software environments would be particularly useful. Defence / Security Previous experience within Defence, National Security, Government or another security-sensitive environment would be advantageous, particularly where youve worked on secure communications or high-assurance software. You must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of UK National Security Vetting for the position. Existing clearance would obviously be beneficial but isnt necessarily essential.Why consider it?This isnt a standard commercial Rust role. Youll be working on complex, technically demanding systems where performance, resilience and security genuinely matter, within a business developing cutting-edge national defence technology. If this is of interest to you then please apply via the link or contact me directly via Linked In. 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