Senior Backend Engineer Rust
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Greater Toronto Area, Canada, Canada
$130,000 to $145,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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- $130,000 to $145,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
I’m working with an early-stage cybersecurity company building infrastructure to solve one of the biggest challenges emerging from the rise of AI agents: identity and security at scale.
They’re looking for a Senior Rust Engineer who can hit the ground running and take ownership of core backend infrastructure.
This is a hands-on IC role focused on architecture + heavy coding, working directly with the technical leadership team.
What they need:
- Strong production Rust experience
- HSM / hardware security integration
- Experience integrating with HSMs or other hardware security devices is essential. Rust experience here is a major plus.
L4/L7 middleware or reverse proxy development
You should have personally built middleware or a reverse proxy that intercepts and processes network traffic.
Security / cryptography experience
Experience with certificate authorities, certificate lifecycle, key generation, encryption, PKI, or broader cybersecurity is highly valuable.
The role:
- Senior IC - architecture + hands-on engineering
- Work directly with the founders / technical leadership
- Small engineering team with high ownership
- Build core identity infrastructure for AI agents
- Potential to grow into broader technical leadership over time
- Oakville / GTA - ~3 days in office
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Responsibilities
You will take ownership of core backend infrastructure and work directly with technical leadership to build identity solutions for AI agents. The role involves hands-on architecture and heavy coding within a small, high-ownership engineering team.
Requirements
Candidates must have strong production Rust experience and expertise in HSM or hardware security integration. You are also required to have experience building middleware or reverse proxies and a solid background in cybersecurity or cryptography.
Skills
- Rust
- Cybersecurity
- HSM
- Hardware security
- Middleware
- Reverse proxy
- Network traffic processing
- Cryptography
- Certificate authorities
- Certificate lifecycle
- Key generation
- Encryption
- PKI
- Backend infrastructure
- Architecture
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Software
- Technology
- Security & Safety
- Engineering
Keywords
- Rust
- Cybersecurity
- HSM
- Hardware security
- Middleware
- Reverse proxy
- Network traffic
- Cryptography
- Certificate authorities
- Certificate lifecycle
- Key generation
- Encryption
- PKI
- Backend infrastructure
- AI agents
- Identity infrastructure
- Software development
- Architecture