Job Overview
Location
Canada
Job Type
Contract
Category
Backend Engineer
Date Posted
March 28, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • Senior Rust Engineer role focused on building secure, scalable backend systems for enterprise clients using modern distributed systems patterns; this position is critical to delivering high-performance software solutions that help clients succeed in competitive markets through technology excellence and security best practices.
- • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Rust; work with other engineers to architect and implement modular, well-structured solutions across workspace crates (model, domain, data, service); build gRPC services for inter-service communication; build and optimize data access layers for relational, time-series and graph databases; work in an agile team environment with daily stand ups and weekly agile meetings; engage in code reviews of teammates' work; communicate directly with clients to give demonstrations and receive feedback; contribute to observability and monitoring using Tracing and OpenTelemetry.
- • NextLink Labs is a fast-growing, remote-first technology firm dedicated to helping companies build, scale, and secure their software applications and organizations; the company emphasizes effective and secure technology utilization, inclusivity, and professional growth while maintaining a collaborative work environment across its distributed team.
- • Opportunity to take ownership of complex technical challenges, deepen expertise in Rust-based systems architecture, and influence architectural decisions using Clean Architecture, CQRS, event sourcing, and actor-based concurrency; gain hands-on experience with gRPC, TimescaleDB, Neo4j, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes while contributing to impactful client projects in a consulting environment.
🎯 Requirements
- • 5+ years of experience building backend services, with at least 2-3 years building production systems in Rust
- • Strong understanding of Clean Architecture, CQRS, Event Sourcing, and actor-based concurrency patterns
- • Experience designing and implementing gRPC APIs; familiarity with Tonic is a plus
- • Proficiency with relational, time-series and graph databases; experience with TimescaleDB, Neo4j preferred
- • Strong testing practices including unit and integration testing; familiarity with BDD frameworks like Cucumber is a plus
- • Understanding of security best practices including JWT-based authentication and authorization
- • Understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable and distributed systems
🏖️ Benefits
- • Remote-first culture with flexible work schedule and autonomy to do your best work
- • Responsibility and autonomy at a growing company
- • Opportunity to build something big and exciting in a technical consulting firm that values clarity, ownership, and outcomes
- • Visa sponsorship not available; candidates must be authorized to work in Brazil without need for current or future sponsorship
Skills & Technologies
About NextLink Labs LLC
NextLink Labs is a Pittsburgh-based DevOps and software engineering consultancy founded in 2015. The company specializes in cloud architecture, Kubernetes, CI/CD automation, and security for enterprises adopting modern software delivery practices. It provides engineering staff augmentation, platform assessments, and hands-on training to accelerate digital transformation. Clients include Fortune 500 firms, healthcare organizations, and high-growth startups across North America. The firm emphasizes pragmatic, vendor-agnostic solutions and knowledge transfer to internal teams, enabling scalable, resilient infrastructure and faster release cycles.
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