Rust Jobs Report: January 2024
Welcome to the January 2024 Rust Jobs Report by filtra. Please enjoy our overview of the Rust job market.
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Are There Jobs in Rust?
611Apparently there are still people out there saying there are no jobs in Rust. Actually, there are at least 611! Next time your coworker says there are no jobs in Rust, send 'em this.
How Many Companies Use Rust?
89Rust ain't no Javascript, but 89 companies using Rust is nothing to scoff at! And, remember, these are just the companies that are CURRENTLY HIRING for Rust devs.
What Companies Use Rust Most?
If your coworker wants to say that Rust is only used by "startups", tell them to scroll down here. The list of the top ten Rust hirers has more in common with the Fortune 500 than a YC Batch.
What Other Companies Use Rust?
| IBM | 13 |
| Syndica | 9 |
| Workato | 8 |
| HelsingAI | 8 |
| Matter Labs | 7 |
| Figma | 6 |
| GitHub | 6 |
| KeyRock | 6 |
| Deep Fence | 5 |
| Volume Finance | 5 |
| Matic | 5 |
| Akamai | 5 |
| Atlassian | 4 |
| Ditto | 4 |
| SpaceX | 4 |
| Deliveroo | 4 |
| OneSignal | 4 |
| Ardan Labs | 4 |
| Mozilla | 3 |
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| Liquid Analytics | 3 |
| InfinyOn | 3 |
| SmartThings | 3 |
| Rapid7 | 3 |
| IOTA Foundation | 3 |
| Worldcoin | 3 |
| Chorus One | 3 |
| Gamaspace | 3 |
| HyperExponential | 3 |
| Svix | 3 |
| HealPay | 3 |
| arm | 3 |
| 1Password | 3 |
| Scythe Robotics | 3 |
| Imperva | 3 |
| OVH | 3 |
| Smarkets | 2 |
| OpenAI | 2 |
| Qdrant | 2 |
| Railway | 2 |
| Neurelo | 2 |
| Zelis | 2 |
| Discord | 2 |
| Trivago | 2 |
| SurrealDB | 2 |
| Replit | 2 |
| Clever Cloud | 2 |
| Ledger | 2 |
| Embark | 2 |
| Samsung | 2 |
| Qovery | 2 |
| PingCAP | 2 |
| Starry | 2 |
| Zama | 2 |
| Qwiet AI | 2 |
| 10X Genomics | 1 |
| Aleph Alpha | 1 |
| Zoo | 1 |
| AppSignal | 1 |
| FP Complete | 1 |
| Okta | 1 |
| Tonari | 1 |
| Turso | 1 |
| Star Lab | 1 |
| Heliax | 1 |
| Toyota Connected | 1 |
| Grafbase | 1 |
| Threema | 1 |
| Activision | 1 |
| Signal | 1 |
| DSCVR | 1 |
| Astropad | 1 |
| WalletConnect | 1 |
| UXStream | 1 |
| Fullstory | 1 |
| Scaleway | 1 |
| KION | 1 |
| shuttle | 1 |
| Sentry | 1 |
The list of other Rust hirers includes many smaller companies and some behemoths slowly bulking up on Rust skills. If we missed a company on this list, don't hesitate to point it out: filtra@filtra.io.
What Industries Use Rust Most?
Rust is popular in crypto. But, it's much more popular with the giants building the infrastructure of the internet like Amazon and Cloudflare.
What Other Industries Use Rust?
| iot/robotics/automotive | 13 |
| fintech | 8 |
| messaging/notifications | 8 |
| databases | 7 |
| aerospace | 7 |
| browser | 6 |
| gaming | 3 |
| health/biotech | 3 |
| animation | 2 |
| networking | 2 |
Rust has reached a point in it's maturity where it's pretty much being used for everything you can think of.
Are Rust Jobs Only For Senior Devs?
Rust jobs definitely skew toward the side of requiring more experience. This has to be due in part to the fact that companies favor Rust's memory safety and efficiency for mission-critical applications. If the language becomes more ubiquitous, the proportion of entry-level jobs will probably grow too.
Data for this edition of the Rust Jobs Report is filtra platform data supplemented with public job postings. Feel free to visit the filtra Rust blog to see past reports.