Building Scalable Backend Systems With Rust Training Course in Kenya
Introduction
The Building Scalable Backend Systems with Rust Training Course is designed for forward-thinking developers, systems engineers, and backend architects who want to harness the full power of Rust for building high-performance, scalable, and secure server-side applications. Rust has rapidly become the go-to language for system-level development due to its unmatched performance, memory safety, and concurrency guarantees. This course equips professionals with the tools and knowledge to create reliable backend services that outperform traditional solutions in terms of speed, efficiency, and resilience.
With increasing demand for highly available microservices, real-time data processing, and secure APIs, Rust is transforming the backend development landscape. This training bridges the gap between system programming and backend architecture by guiding participants through asynchronous programming, safe multithreading, modern web frameworks, and production-grade deployment practices — all within the Rust ecosystem. Whether building APIs, distributed systems, or cloud-native microservices, participants will leave this course equipped to design, develop, and deploy scalable backend infrastructures.
Target Audience
- Backend developers aiming to transition to Rust for performance
- Systems programmers building efficient server applications
- Cloud engineers creating microservices and distributed systems
- DevOps teams deploying safe, high-performance backend stacks
- Full-stack developers expanding into system-level backend development
- API developers prioritizing speed and memory safety
- Engineers building resilient, real-time backend services
Course Objectives
- Understand Rust’s core principles for memory safety and performance
- Learn ownership, borrowing, and lifetime management in backend contexts
- Build asynchronous backend applications using Tokio
- Design scalable RESTful and gRPC APIs in Rust
- Apply concurrency and parallelism for real-time data processing
- Integrate Rust backends with frontend and database systems
- Secure backend applications using Rust’s type system and best practices
- Monitor, log, and debug production-grade Rust services
- Implement microservices and service orchestration using modern Rust frameworks
- Optimize and benchmark backend performance for enterprise-grade deployment
Duration
10 Days
Course content
Module 1: Introduction to Rust for Backend Development
- Overview of Rust’s systems-level capabilities
- Toolchain setup with Cargo and Rustup
- Package management and crate ecosystem
- Memory safety and zero-cost abstractions
- Structs, enums, and pattern matching in backend logic
Module 2: Ownership, Borrowing, and Lifetimes Explained
- Understanding Rust’s ownership model
- Borrowing rules and mutable references
- Lifetimes and scope management
- Preventing memory leaks and data races
- Applying these concepts in backend design
Module 3: Asynchronous Programming with Tokio
- Introduction to async/await syntax
- Setting up Tokio for high-concurrency
- Spawning tasks and managing runtimes
- Futures, streams, and channels
- Handling I/O-bound operations at scale
Module 4: Building Web APIs with Actix-Web and Axum
- Comparing Rust’s top web frameworks
- Building RESTful APIs with Actix-Web
- Routing, middleware, and request handling
- JSON serialization with Serde
- Writing idiomatic and modular API layers
Module 5: Database Integration and Persistence
- Connecting to PostgreSQL and SQLite
- Diesel ORM and SQLx in practice
- Structuring migrations and queries
- Handling connection pools
- Mapping domain logic to database schemas
Module 6: Building Microservices with Rust
- Service-oriented architecture in Rust
- Messaging and inter-service communication
- gRPC with Tonic and Protocol Buffers
- Stateless vs. stateful service patterns
- Scaling strategies and service discovery
Module 7: Concurrency and Parallelism in Rust
- Threads, channels, and synchronization
- Mutex, Arc, and atomic operations
- Building concurrent request handlers
- Real-time event streaming and processing
- Thread-safe shared state and data structures
Module 8: Error Handling and Robust Application Design
- Unwrapping vs. matching Result and Option
- Custom error types and error propagation
- Using anyhow and thiserror crates
- Building fault-tolerant backend layers
- Logging and graceful error recovery
Module 9: Security and Safe Coding Practices
- Preventing common security vulnerabilities
- Input validation and escaping
- Handling authentication and authorization
- Secure communication with HTTPS and TLS
- Leveraging Rust’s type system for security
Module 10: Testing, Debugging, and Logging in Rust
- Unit testing with built-in test framework
- Integration and performance testing
- Structured logging with tracing crate
- Debugging tools and stack trace analysis
- Building CI/CD pipelines for Rust backends
Module 11: Deployment and Performance Optimization
- Binary size and memory usage optimization
- Compiling with release flags and LTO
- Containerizing Rust applications
- Deploying to cloud-native platforms
- Load testing and benchmark strategies
Module 12: Capstone Project – Scalable Backend System
- Design and architecture planning
- Building a full-featured API service
- Database interaction and async logic
- Deploying to a cloud environment
- Presenting a scalable production-ready backend
Training Approach
This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.
Tailor-Made Course
This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: info@skillsforafrica.org, training@skillsforafrica.org Tel: +254 702 249 449
Training Venue
The training will be held at our Skills for Africa Training Institute Training Centre. We also offer training for a group at requested location all over the world. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and buffet lunch.
Visa application, travel expenses, airport transfers, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant
Certification
Participants will be issued with Skills for Africa Training Institute certificate upon completion of this course.
Airport Pickup and Accommodation
Airport pickup and accommodation is arranged upon request. For booking contact our Training Coordinator through Email: info@skillsforafrica.org, training@skillsforafrica.org Tel: +254 702 249 449
Terms of Payment: Unless otherwise agreed between the two parties’ payment of the course fee should be done 10 working days before commencement of the training.
| Dates | Fees | Location | Apply |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/07/2025 - 18/07/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 14/07/2025 - 25/07/2025 | $5500 | Johannesburg, South Africa |
|
| 14/07/2025 - 25/07/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 04/08/2025 - 15/08/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 11/08/2025 - 22/08/2025 | $3500 | Mombasa, Kenya |
|
| 18/08/2025 - 29/08/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 01/09/2025 - 12/09/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 08/09/2025 - 19/09/2025 | $4500 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
| 15/09/2025 - 26/09/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 06/10/2025 - 17/10/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 13/10/2025 - 24/10/2025 | $4500 | Kigali, Rwanda |
|
| 20/10/2025 - 31/10/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 03/11/2025 - 14/11/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 10/11/2025 - 21/11/2025 | $3500 | Mombasa, Kenya |
|
| 17/11/2025 - 28/11/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 01/12/2025 - 12/12/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 08/12/2025 - 19/12/2025 | $3000 | Nairobi, Kenya |
|