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# Rust Software Engineer

- **Company:** StaffRight Associates
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Databases, Web Development, Backend, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Asynchronous Programming
- **Published:** November 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1c58b315-054c-4d81-98eb-71ad4f885569

## About the Role

* U.S. citizenship required
 * Active Secret Security Clearance
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Mathematics or a related technical field
 * 3+ years engineering software professionally
 * Deep experience shipping performance-critical, production-quality Rust code
 * Experience building Backend Services with Axum or comparable frameworks
 * Hands-on Asynchronous Programming experience, ideally with Tokio
 * Solid Software Engineering Fundamentals and Problem Solving abilities
 * Exposure across the stack through Full Stack Development, including familiarity with Web Application Development
 * Effective Cross-Functional Collaboration with end users, researchers and engineering peers

Preferred

 * Active TS/SCI Clearance

## Description

* Build and maintain production software within an extensive Rust codebase
 * Architect and tune performance-sensitive algorithms and compute-heavy workloads
 * Create backend services with Axum, Tokio and related frameworks
 * Connect software to APIs, databases, front-end applications and infrastructure
 * Partner with end users, researchers and engineers to turn complex technical ideas into practical software
 * Mature research-born capabilities into production systems that scale and remain easy to maintain