In that scenario Rust can be attractive because of its high performance compared to languages with a garbage collector. No matter what Java fans will tell you, any runtime with a GC will have worse overall performance for most large codebases than a compiled language with no GC. Sure, microbenchmarks might not look too bad, but complex software is a different matter.

Rust is great for services such as API endpoints, where low latency and high throughput at a low cost are more important that hot reload during development.