BackendGeneralEmergingAround since 2015
Rust
A systems programming language focused on memory safety without a garbage collector, enforced at compile time by its 'borrow checker.' Increasingly adopted for performance-critical infrastructure where C++ was once the default.
Think of it like
Like a workshop with safety interlocks built into every tool — you genuinely can't start the saw wrong — instead of trusting every operator to remember the safety rules themselves.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Is curious about Rust but hasn't shipped anything in it.
Senior sounds like
Has production experience and can describe what the borrow checker actually fought them on.
Ask them
“What made your team choose Rust over a more established language for that project, and what did the borrow checker fight you on?”