Senior/Staff Backend Engineer (Rust/Python) at akeno

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design, build and evolve the core automation, simulation and scheduling engine (constraint propagation, complex state search).
- Implement and refine scheduling/planning algorithms and model new constraints with the team.
- Extend simulation components in Python and design their APIs for web services.
- Port performance-critical Python code to Rust and provide Python bindings where needed.
- Benchmark, profile and optimize critical backend services for throughput and latency.
- Maintain and extend test suites, CI integration, and simulation validation tooling.
- Collaborate with full-stack colleagues to integrate backend systems into the application.

Requirements:
- Senior-level proficiency in Python (production experience across large codebases).
- 3+ years practical experience in Rust and experience creating bindings to Python.
- Background building performance-critical backend services and long-lived systems.
- Strong algorithms, optimization and heuristic/search problem-solving skills (scheduling/planning experience preferred).
- Experience with API design, benchmarking and profiling tools, and test automation.
- Able to work independently, produce high-quality first drafts, and collaborate across disciplines.

Responsibilities

You will design, build, and evolve the core automation and simulation engine, focusing on scheduling and planning algorithms. Additionally, you will interface with web services, improve backend performance, and port critical logic from Python to Rust.

Requirements

The role requires extensive expertise in Python and at least 3 years of professional experience in Rust. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work independently on complex, performance-critical backend systems and large codebases.

Key skills

• Python — in 1200 other listings on The Stack
• Rust — in 84 other listings on The Stack
• Backend development — in 171 other listings on The Stack
• Algorithm design — not in any other listing on The Stack
• Scheduling — in 2 other listings on The Stack
• Planning — not in any other listing on The Stack
• Constraint propagation — not in any other listing on The Stack
• Simulation — in 5 other listings on The Stack
• Automation
• API design
• Performance benchmarking
• Web services
• Mathematical optimization
• Heuristic search
• Full stack integration

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

• akeno has 2 other listings on The Stack, 1 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 166 visa-sponsored jobs in Germany on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 68 visa-sponsored backend engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about akeno

Is this Senior/Staff Backend Engineer (Rust/Python) role still open?

It was posted on 2026-08-13. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check akeno's site before applying.

Does akeno offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on akeno's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Germany. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Python, Rust, Backend development, Algorithm design, Scheduling, Planning, Constraint propagation, Simulation, Automation, API design, Performance benchmarking, Web services, Mathematical optimization, Heuristic search, Full stack integration.