We are looking for a Senior Rust Developer. Their goal is to advance computational biology by developing scalable, open-source workflow execution engines that empower scientists to efficiently deploy and manage large-scale computations.
General Information
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Location: Remote. Open to talents from GMT-8 to GMT+5 time zones. The client is not open to China, Australia or countries in similar time zones.
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Overlap: 3 - 4 hours with Chicago/Texas (US Central Time)
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Length: 6 months (with potential for extension)
Project Information
Sprocket is an open workflow execution engine written in Rust—it enables scientists, who are generally not experts at scaling and deploying large-scale computation, to write simple workflow descriptions using the Workflow Description Language.
Requirements
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Required Skills:
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Senior-level proficiency (6+ years) in Rust, with a strong track record of shipping production code
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Experience contributing to or leading open-source projects
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Familiarity with workflow engines, scientific computing, or large-scale computation
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Ability to work with Rust crates for lexing, parsing, validating, linting, formatting, testing, and executing domain-specific languages
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Strong skills in API design and specification development
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Experience using GitHub for project planning and collaboration
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Optional Skills (not mandatory):
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Experience developing or improving specifications using OpenAPI (Swagger)
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Familiarity with the Workflow Description Language (WDL) and Task Execution Schema (TES)
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Experience with Kubernetes or cloud/HPC environments
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Prior involvement with standards bodies (e.g., GA4GH)
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Experience with Rust crates such as utoipa for OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
Deliverables
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Contribute to the development and enhancement of the Sprocket workflow execution engine and related Rust crates (e.g., wdl, sprocket, crankshaft)
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Improve and extend the Workflow Description Language (WDL) specification, including proposing, drafting, and shepherding changes through the ratification process
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Collaborate on the evolution of the Task Execution Schema (TES), including interaction with standards bodies and the open-source community
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Develop and maintain reference implementations, ensuring comprehensive API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
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Regularly communicate progress and coordinate with the internal computational biology team
Benefits
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Full-time and long-term role
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Opportunity to work on impactful, open-source technology used by scientists worldwide
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Influence the direction of open standards in scientific workflow execution
