Backend Engineer (Rust)
Pubblicato il 18-09-2026 - Nimis Consulting in Italia
Backend Engineer (Rust) Location: Rome, Italy Work Model: In-person first, with hybrid flexibility Contract: CCNL Metalmeccanici PMI (details in Compensation section) At Nimis Consulting, we build software for organizations that require security, reliability, and long-term maintainability from day one.
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We're growing our engineering team and looking for a Backend Engineer to help design and build modern distributed systems.
The first assignment will involve the development of a new customer-facing product, working alongside engineers who care deeply about software quality, automation, observability, and secure-by-design architectures.
We don't expect candidates to arrive with deep Rust expertise.
Strong backend fundamentals, familiarity with distributed systems concepts, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to learn are more important to us.
What You'll Do
Design and develop backend services in Rust Build distributed and asynchronous systems Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making Improve system reliability, observability, security, and automation Work primarily on long-term products rather than short-lived implementations What We're Looking For 2 years of professional experience developing backend applications Familiarity with the challenges of distributed and asynchronous systems, including concepts such as eventual consistency, idempotency, and event-driven architectures Proficiency with Git workflows Familiarity with Linux and containerized environments Able to comfortably read and write technical documentation, design documents, and engineering discussions in English Strong engineering judgment to ensure correctness, security, performance, and maintainability Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools to increase effectiveness while maintaining critical thinking, code ownership, and engineering rigor Curiosity, pragmatism,
and willingness to continuously learn Nice to Have Professional experience with Rust TypeScript knowledge Familiarity with gRPC and Protocol Buffers Familiarity with OpenTelemetry (OTel) Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native runtime environments How We Work Engineers participate in technical decisions and solution design throughout the software lifecycle.
We value ownership, collaboration, and thoughtful engineering.
We build software with a DevSecOps mindset.
Development, operations, observability, automation, and security are considered part of the same engineering problem rather than separate disciplines.
Why Join Now? Nimis Consulting is expanding its software engineering capabilities alongside its established consulting business.
Joining now means working in a team where individual contributions remain highly visible.
Engineers have meaningful influence over technical decisions, engineering practices, and product evolution.
Compensation & Benefits C3 (€32k-35k): Candidates able to contribute independently with minimal onboarding.
C2 (€27k-30k): Candidates with strong potential who require additional growth on our stack.
Additional benefits include: Meal vouchers Annual welfare credit Supplementary health insurance Work Model This role is based in Rome.
We support hybrid work while maintaining a strong preference for regular in-person collaboration.
One remote day per week is guaranteed, with additional flexibility depending on project and team needs. xrdztoy
Hiring Process Introductory HR call Technical discussion via videoconference covering architecture, engineering practices, distributed systems, and software development approach On-site session including: Practical coding exercise Time with the engineering team Conversation with company leadership an opportunity to explore our office environment and discuss current and upcoming projects Interested? If this sounds like the kind of engineering environment you're looking for, send us your CV and tell us about a distributed-system challenge you've worked on and what you learned from it.