Remote Senior Rust Developer

Description:

• We are looking for a Senior Rust Developer to advance computational biology by developing scalable, open-source workflow execution engines.
• The goal is to empower scientists to efficiently deploy and manage large-scale computations.
• The position is remote, open to talents from GMT-8 to GMT+5 time zones, excluding China, Australia, or countries in similar time zones.
• There should be a 3 - 4 hour overlap with Chicago/Texas (US Central Time).
• The length of the contract is 6 months, with potential for extension.
• The project involves Sprocket, an open workflow execution engine written in Rust, which allows scientists to write simple workflow descriptions using the Workflow Description Language.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have senior-level proficiency in Rust, with a strong track record of shipping production code.
• Experience contributing to or leading open-source projects is required.
• Familiarity with workflow engines, scientific computing, or large-scale computation is necessary.
• The ability to work with Rust crates for lexing, parsing, validating, linting, formatting, testing, and executing domain-specific languages is essential.
• Strong skills in API design and specification development are required.
• Experience using GitHub for project planning and collaboration is necessary.
• Optional skills include experience developing or improving specifications using OpenAPI (Swagger), familiarity with the Workflow Description Language (WDL) and Task Execution Schema (TES), experience with Kubernetes or cloud/HPC environments, prior involvement with standards bodies (e.g., GA4GH), and experience with Rust crates such as utoipa for OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.

Benefits:

• The role is full-time and long-term, providing stability and commitment.
• There is an opportunity to work on impactful, open-source technology used by scientists worldwide.
• The position allows for influencing the direction of open standards in scientific workflow execution.