Senior Rust Software Engineer - Industrial Automation (all genders)

GROPYUS
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Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with 5+ years of Rust experience who thrive in industrial automation and have a passion for building scalable systems.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of Rust experience in production systems and a background in industrial automation
    — “5+ experience designing and building production systems in Rust”
  • Individuals who enjoy working on software-defined manufacturing and digital twins
    — “Build interfaces between production systems, simulation environments, and manufacturing equipment”
  • Engineers with a track record of deploying and operating software in high-stakes environments
    — “Experience designing, deploying, and operating software in production environments”

Things to consider

  • On-call responsibilities are expected, requiring availability for incident handling
    — “Strong incident handling and problem-solving skills including on-call shift duty”
  • The role demands a hybrid work arrangement with possible in-office days
    — “Flexible, hybrid work: You can work from home or come into the office on the schedule that works best for you”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with distributed systems and observability in your resume and interview narrative
    — “Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, APIs, and software architecture”
  • Emphasize your ability to own software from implementation to production support
    — “Own software throughout its lifecycle, from implementation to production support”
  • Showcase your work with CI/CD, testing, and release management in your portfolio or interview examples
    — “Experience with CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and release management”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • 5+ years of experience designing and building production systems in Rust
  • Experience with modern AI-enabled development tooling
Typical background
Experience in software engineering with a focus on Rust and distributed systems

Skills & requirements

Required

RustDistributed SystemsConcurrencyApisSoftware ArchitectureCI/CDTestingMonitoringRelease ManagementIncident HandlingProblem-solving

Preferred

Industrial RobotsIiotOPC UAMQTTSimulation

Stack & domain

RustCI/CDTestingMonitoringRelease ManagementCode ReviewsObservabilityDistributed SystemsConcurrencyApisSoftware ArchitectureProblem SolvingIncident HandlingOwnership MindsetEffective CommunicationIndustrial AutomationManufacturingRobotics

About the role

Original posting from GROPYUS via Greenhouse

About The Company

GROPYUS is a technology-based construction company focused on building multi-story residential buildings. Thanks to its prefabricated building system with a wide range of design options, automated offsite construction, and fully digitalized processes, the company is able to create resilient timber housing quickly and cost-effectively. GROPYUS is using scalable construction and manufacturing solutions to tap into a future market, strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity, and play a substantial role in improving sustainability. The company delivers its multi-family houses as a complete and turnkey solution. The combination of technology, construction, robotics, and manufacturing expertise means buildings can be created in a fully digitalized end-to-end process. The building system is based on versatile wall and slab elements, making it easier to optimize land use, customize plans, and build fast with both off-site construction and on-site assembly. This system is complemented by the Building Operating System–developed in-house.

About the role

You will join the Machine Integration & Simulation team, building the software platform that powers our machines, robots, and manufacturing systems. 

Teams at GROPYUS own what they build, including architecture, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operations. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop software that connects digital production workflows with physical manufacturing equipment and simulation environments. 

While you will work closely with machines, robots, and industrial systems, your primary focus will be building reliable, maintainable, and observable software using modern engineering practices. 

Our team is driving the evolution towards Software Defined Manufacturing, building systems that enable simulation, integration, orchestration, and operation of our production environment at scale. Rust is the primary language of the team. 

Your area of responsibilities include:

Design, build, test, deploy, and operate software for machines, robots, and manufacturing systems 

Develop machine-near applications, integration services in Rust 

Build interfaces between production systems, simulation environments, and manufacturing equipment 

Own software throughout its lifecycle, from implementation to production support 

Apply modern engineering practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and observability 

Monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve production systems 

Collaborate with software engineers, industrial engineers, and production teams to translate manufacturing requirements into robust software solutions 

About you

Must-have skills

5+ experience designing and building production systems in Rust 

Experience designing, deploying, and operating software in production environments 

Ability to work effectively with modern AI-enabled development tooling and continuously explore new ways to improve engineering productivity 

Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, APIs, and software architecture 

Experience with CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and release management 

Strong incident handling and problem-solving skills including on-call shift duty 

Ownership mindset and passion for building reliable and resilient systems 

Nice-to-have skills

Experience with industrial robots (KUKA), manufacturing, or industrial systems 

Experience with IIoT, OPC UA, MQTT, or similar communication protocols 

Experience with simulation, digital twins in the automation context, or edge computing 

Linux and database fundamentals 

Experience with Kubernetes and Azure 

Experience working in environments where software downtime has a direct operational impact 

What We Offer 

An unlimited contract with 30 vacation days.  

Flexible, hybrid work: You can work from home or come into the office on the schedule that works best for you. Feel like traveling and working from another location? No problem. Tune into meetings and work from abroad for up to 40 days per year. In addition, flex hours allow you to prioritize important moments in your day.  

Attractive perks and benefits: We offer a company pension scheme, language courses (English/German), and employee discounts with selected sustainable brands. Furthermore, our external partners in mental health support you in strengthening your mental health through anonymous private/group sessions.   

Virtual Shares Program: Participate in the success of GROPYUS through our Virtual Share Program.  

Ownership: You can truly make your mark with your work and contributions – on  all our organizational levels. Find your solutions, drive and test them.  

The chance to be part of something big: Our mission is to rethink an entire industry. Join us in reinventing construction and fostering sustainable, affordable living.   

A diverse and enriching work environment: Become a valued member of a wonderfully diverse team of individuals from over 50 countries. At GROPYUS we value inclusion above all, ensuring that everyone feels they belong – no matter their background. In this way, our differences become strengths that help us grow as a team. 

Join us on our mission to design buildings as continuously evolving products to create the most exciting and affordable experience for all. We build for people and conserve the resources of our planet.

We can't wait to get to know you. 

For more information, visit our website.

Source: GROPYUS careers (Greenhouse)

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