Senior Rust Developer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Rust Developer to develop and maintain a software development kit that enables client applications to securely communicate with backend platform services through gRPC.

The role focuses on designing stable, developer-friendly interfaces and reliable communication layers for integration into mobile applications, game engines, and other client environments. You will contribute to a modern educational technology ecosystem that combines structured learning, educational games, and short-form educational media.

Experience the freedom of remote work from anywhere in Georgia, whether from the comfort of your home, our modern offices in Tbilisi and Batumi or a coworking space in Kutaisi.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a Rust-based software development kit for communication with backend services through gRPC
• Design clear, stable, and well-documented public interfaces for client application developers
• Implement reliable, secure, and efficient networking, authentication, error handling, retries, and request lifecycle management
• Support integration of the software development kit into mobile applications and game engines
• Collaborate with backend, mobile, web, game, and product teams to define integration requirements and technical contracts
• Contribute to protocol design, versioning strategies, compatibility, testing, and release processes
• Improve developer experience through documentation, examples, automated tests, and integration guidance
• Identify and address performance, reliability, observability, and security concerns in client-to-service communication
• Use artificial intelligence-assisted development tools responsibly to improve delivery speed, code quality, documentation, and testing

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on project or production experience with Rust
• Demonstrated production experience building or integrating gRPC-based services or clients
• Experience designing and maintaining reusable libraries, client libraries, or software development kits
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, concurrency, networking, error handling, and secure communication patterns
• Experience working with protocol definitions, service contracts, serialization, compatibility, and versioning
• Ability to write maintainable, well-tested, production-quality code
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence-assisted development workflows and practical use of related tools
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed team environment
• English proficiency at an Upper-Intermediate level (B2) or higher

Nice to have

• Experience supporting Rust applications across mobile, game engine, or cross-platform environments
• Experience with authentication, authorization, token management, and secure client-side session handling
• Experience with educational technology, gaming, media platforms, or consumer-facing applications
• Familiarity with family accounts, child safety, permissions, privacy-sensitive data, or parent-facing product features
• Experience improving developer experience through documentation, code samples, developer tooling, or automated integration testing

We offer

• We connect like-minded people

• Delivering innovative solutions to industry leaders, making a global impact

• Enjoyable working environment, whether it is the vibrant office or the comfort of your own home

• Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year

• Relocation opportunities within our offices in 55+ countries

• Corporate and social events

• We invest in your growth

• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs

• Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS

• Unlimited access to EPAM's internal learning database

• Free English classes with certified teachers

• We cover it all

• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Monetary bonuses for engaging in the referral program

• Comprehensive medical & family care package

• Five trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)

• Benefits package (sports activities, a variety of stores and services)

EPAM is global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and ambitious startups. With over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, we empower our clients to become AI-Native enterprises, driving measurable value from innovation and digital investments.