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Senior RUST Systems Engineer - Proxy Appliance

Securly
Location
Pune City, Maharashtra, India
Posted
12 days ago
Department
Engineering / R&D
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 3+ years hands-on production Rust in a systems or embedded context
  • 6+ years total engineering experience
  • Systems/network programming — TCP stream handling, socket programming, transparent proxying
  • Embedded Linux fundamentals — device drivers, kernel modules, cross-compilation, or hardware bring-up
  • Docker/containerization for constrained/appliance deployment
  • Performance testing and profiling — load testing, memory/CPU profiling, flame graph analysis
Nice to have
  • Named fleet/IoT/embedded device product on your resume
  • C/C++ or Go alongside Rust
  • eBPF/netfilter/HAProxy/Envoy exposure
  • RADIUS
  • observability (CloudWatch/Splunk/SLOs)
What the job really is

The Senior Rust Systems Engineer will be responsible for developing the next generation of Securly's edge proxy appliance, which is critical infrastructure for K-12 schools. This role involves working with Rust in a systems programming context, focusing on network stack development, fleet update pipelines, and ensuring performance and reliability across thousands of school networks.

Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Focus on embedded systems may limit exposure to broader software development practices
  • Role involves working on critical infrastructure that must perform reliably in school environments
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