[Remote] Rust / Rustification Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Confidential company is seeking a Rust / Rustification Engineer to modernize memory-heavy Java services. The role focuses on rewriting services in Rust, validating behavioral equivalence, driving a safe production cutover, and using AI coding agents as the primary workflow.

Responsibilities

• Rewrites memory-heavy Java services in Rust to eliminate JVM overhead (garbage collector, heap, JIT)
• Prove the rewrite behaves identically, then drive a safe cutover

Skills

• Deep production Rust — ownership/borrowing, async/Tokio
• Enough Java understanding to prove the rewrite behaves identically
• Comfortable using AI coding agents as the primary workflow

Company Overview

Apolis is a IT consultancy that offers provides ERP solutions, hosting, assessment, web and mobile, IT staffing and IT workforce solutions. It was founded in 1996, and is headquartered in El Segundo, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://apolisrises.com/.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Apolis has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 15 in 2023, 15 in 2022, 12 in 2021, 122 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.