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.

Were 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 dont 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 Youll 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 Were 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.

Hiring Process

1. Introductory HR call
2. Technical discussion via videoconference covering architecture, engineering practices, distributed systems, and software development approach
3. 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 youre looking for, send us your CV and tell us about a distributed-system challenge youve worked on and what you learned from it.

📌 Backend Engineer (Rust) (Roma)
🏢 Nimis Consulting
📍 Roma