Junior Software Engineer (Rust)
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Bitdefender is a cybersecurity leader delivering best-in-class threat prevention, detection, and response solutions worldwide. Guardian over millions of consumer, enterprise, and government environments, Bitdefender is one of the industry’s most trusted experts for eliminating threats, protecting privacy, digital identity and data, and enabling cyber resilience. With deep investments in research and development, Bitdefender Labs discovers hundreds of new threats each minute and validates billions of threat queries daily. The company has pioneered breakthrough innovations in antimalware, IoT security, behavioral analytics, and artificial intelligence and its technology is licensed by more than 180 of the world’s most recognized technology brands. Founded in 2001, Bitdefender has customers in 170+ countries with offices around the world. For more information, visit https://www.bitdefender.com
We are looking for a motivated Junior Software Developer to join our engineering team and contribute to the development of secure, reliable, and high-performance software components.
This role is aimed at candidates who have strong programming fundamentals, a solid understanding of computer science basics, and an interest in systems programming, cybersecurity, and modern development practices. Previous professional experience with Rust is not mandatory, but curiosity, ownership, willingness to learn, and openness to working with modern AI-assisted development tools are essential.
You will work alongside experienced engineers, contributing to new and existing components, learning how to build production-grade software, and gradually taking ownership of well-defined technical areas.
What you’ll work on:
- Desktop development in Rust
- IPC communication between desktop components and native services
- Cross-platform development for Windows and macOS
- Debugging and troubleshooting production issues
- Writing reliable and secure system-level code
- Occasionally working with OS-specific integrations, processes, permissions, and services
Must have
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
- Solid understanding of data structures and basic algorithms
- Good programming fundamentals (memory management, concurrency, debugging)
- Basic understanding of how operating systems work (processes, threads, memory, I/O)
Nice to have:
- Experience with Rust or systems programming languages (C/C++)
- Ability to use modern development tools (including AI-assisted tools)
- Basic understanding of how LLMs can be used in development workflows
- Interest in open-source software (e.g., using libraries, exploring codebases, or contributing)
- Exposure to OS-specific APIs (WinAPI, macOS frameworks)
What we’re looking for:
- Curiosity and willingness to learn
- Attention to reliability and security
- Someone comfortable debugging and understanding complex systems
- Interest in building production-scale desktop software
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