Founder-led · technically screened
Rust is the language teams choose when they need C-level performance without the memory-safety footguns. The talent pool is small, so we screen for genuine systems ability and help you reach developers who are not actively looking.
Rust is used for performance-critical and systems work — infrastructure, networking, databases, blockchain, embedded and increasingly backend services — where its ownership model gives memory safety without a garbage collector.
Every Rust developer is technically assessed by us, a former software developer, before you spend a minute interviewing.
Talk to us and we’ll recommend the right approach.
Rust developer pay tracks the software engineer ladder, so these are the reference bands we benchmark against, by seniority and city. See the full salary benchmarks for the detail.
Rust is scarce and its roles skew senior, so offers frequently sit at the upper end of these bands — and above them for specialist systems, trading and infrastructure work.
| Seniority | London | Berlin | Amsterdam | New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | £55k–£85k | €55k–€85k | €55k–€85k | $120k–$150k |
| Senior | £85k–£120k | €85k–€120k | €80k–€115k | $150k–$200k |
| Staff / Principal | £120k–£150k | €115k–€145k | €110k–€140k | $190k–$240k |
Reference bands, benchmarked to our software-engineer placement data · reviewed July 2026.
FAQ
Genuine fluency with ownership, borrowing and lifetimes (not just fighting the compiler), systems and performance thinking, and awareness of the safe/unsafe boundary — assessed with a realistic systems task.
We combine a genuine technical screen with an active network and consider strong systems engineers (from C++, Go or similar) who have moved into or can move into Rust, widening the pool without dropping the bar.
Pay tracks the software engineer ladder, and because Rust is scarce and its roles skew senior, offers often sit at the upper end of these bands or above.
Tell us what you’re hiring for and we’ll come back with a plan, and usually a technically screened shortlist faster than you’d expect.