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Rust Software Engineer with Security Clearance

Wallach Search GroupReston, VA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 21, 2026

Why this role stands out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to grow your career by developing high-performance software in a mission-focused environment, leveraging your Rust expertise across the full stack. You'll thrive here if you're a mid-senior engineer eager to transform complex research into impactful operational capabilities alongside a collaborative team. Don't miss out on this chance to make a significant contribution and advance your skills.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeEmployee
Work modeHybrid
LocationReston, VA, United States
Posted5 days ago
RustJavaPythonReactTypeScript

Job description

Location: Reston, VA We’re looking for a mid-level Rust Software Engineer to build and optimize high-performance software supporting simulation, optimization, and decision support in mission-focused environments. You’ll work in a large, production Rust codebase alongside researchers and engineers, turning complex algorithms and research into reliable, performant software. The role spans backend services, databases, frontend applications, and supporting infrastructure, making it a strong fit for an engineer who enjoys solving challenging technical problems and seeing research become operational capability. What You’ll Do

  • Develop and maintain production software in a large Rust codebase
  • Design and optimize performance-sensitive algorithms and computational workloads
  • Build backend services using technologies such as Axum and Tokio
  • Integrate software with databases, frontend applications, APIs, and infrastructure
  • Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and end users to translate complex technical concepts into practical software
  • Help evolve research-driven capabilities into scalable, maintainable production systems Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong experience developing production-grade, performance-sensitive software in Rust
  • Experience developing backend services with Axum or similar frameworks
  • Experience with asynchronous programming, preferably using Tokio
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and problem-solving skills
  • Experience working across the software stack, including familiarity with web application development
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with researchers, engineers, and end users
  • U.S. citizenship required
  • ACTIVE SECRET Security Clearance Preferred Qualifications
  • ACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE
  • Experience with Java, Python, TypeScript, and/or React
  • Experience developing highly optimized parallel or concurrent software
  • Experience with GPU programming or acceleration
  • Background working on simulation, optimization, scientific computing, or other computationally intensive applications Why This Role This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging, mission-critical software where performance matters and your work directly contributes to real-world capabilities.

You’ll have the chance to operate at the intersection of advanced research and production engineering, working with a highly technical team to turn sophisticated algorithms into software that performs in the real world.

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