Chișinău

Salary
Posted
Jul 28, 2026
Location
Chișinău
Last confirmed open
Jul 29, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A senior systems engineer role at an Israel-based Big Data infrastructure startup, engaged through MWDN as an independent contractor. The work centers on building and optimizing high-performance, distributed systems infrastructure in Rust — including low-level performance tuning, memory management, concurrency, and potentially native execution engines for frameworks like Apache Spark or Hadoop. Suited to engineers with deep systems programming experience who can own complex components end-to-end with minimal oversight.

Senior level · 5+ years · Contract

Quick apply — this platform usually takes a CV and a few fields.

Must have (4)
Rustoperating systemsmulti-threadingdistributed systems
Nice to have (3)
Apache Spark, Hadoop or RaySIMDzero-copy IO

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

We read this from the posting text with AI. Skim the description below before ruling yourself out.

How this req sits in the market our data

What gives you an edge
Rust13%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (7)

This role is located in Israel and engaged via MWDN as an independent contractor (sole proprietorship/IC structure explicitly described). It is not a US-based position.

Apache Spark, Hadoop, and Ray appear in a 'nice to have' context describing the types of distributed systems the team accelerates — not as hard gates in the Must-Have Requirements section.

SIMD and zero-copy IO appear under a 'deep performance tuning' bullet in the same aspirational/context section, so they are marked preferred.

Memory layout optimization and custom allocators are listed as a single OR-style requirement in the Must-Have section; custom allocators is captured as an alternative.

No compensation figures are stated in the posting.

Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): computer architecture, networking fundamentals, memory layout optimization.

Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.

Read the full posting

The employer publishes the full description on their own site — read it there ↗. Or sign in to read it here — it's free, and it also lets you track this application.

Apply

Apply on employer site ↗