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Role Description

This role involves supporting AI, data, and high-performance infrastructure projects with a leading AI research ecosystem.

• Design challenging coding problems with clear input/output specifications and explicit function signatures
• Develop complete mini-repositories including problem statements, reference solutions, and executable test runners
• Implement clean, production-quality Rust code aligned strictly with test expectations
• Write comprehensive unit tests covering edge cases, invalid inputs, concurrency issues, and performance constraints
• Ensure repositories are fully executable with no missing dependencies, borrow checker violations, or build configuration issues
• Maintain high standards for modular design, reliability, and performance

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of professional software development experience with strong focus on Rust
• Proven experience contributing to open-source projects
• Strong proficiency in Rust fundamentals including ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, and trait-based design
• Experience building backend services using frameworks such as Actix Web, Axum, Rocket, or similar
• Experience working with async programming (Tokio, async/await)
• Strong understanding of memory safety, concurrency models, and performance optimisation
• Experience working with Git-based development workflows

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)

Nice to Have

• Experience working with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB
• Familiarity with Cargo and Rust build tooling
• Experience working with Docker and CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions
• Experience contributing to high-performance infrastructure or systems-level projects

Benefits

• Independent contractor role
• Fully remote with flexible scheduling
• Part-time commitment (approximately 10–20 hours per week)
• Competitive rates between $50–$85/hour depending on expertise
• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
• Projects may extend or adjust depending on scope and performance
• No access to confidential or proprietary information from employers or institutions

Company Description

This opportunity is available through a leading AI-driven work platform.