Rust Backend Architect – Twitter/X Style Infrastructure

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is looking for a Rust backend engineer to design and scale social feed infrastructure, real-time systems, and distributed services. You will collaborate with frontend, mobile, AI, and platform teams to deliver robust APIs and low-latency performance at scale.

Ideal candidates have deep experience with high-volume user engagement platforms and a proven track record in designing scalable, event-driven architectures for social systems.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience building scalable backend in Rust.
• Experience designing distributed systems at scale.
• Experience building high-scale APIs.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures.
• Experience with real-time systems.
• Strong concurrency and low-latency engineering skills.
• Experience designing scalable communication systems.
• Experience with high-volume user engagement platforms.
• Familiarity with social feed infra, timeline systems, notifications, or moderation infra is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Design and build scalable social feed infrastructure
• Architect timeline and follow systems
• Build real-time fan conversation infrastructure
• Design notification and engagement systems
• Help architect distributed event-driven systems
• Build scalable APIs for social interaction
• Work on moderation and communication infrastructure
• Help optimize systems for global scale and low latency
• Collaborate with frontend, mobile, AI, and platform engineers

Kenntnisse

Rust backend

Distributed systems design

High-scale APIs

Event-driven architecture

Real-time systems

Concurrency & low latency

Scalable communication systems

Backend performance optimization

Social feed infra

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable social feed infrastructure
• Architect timeline and follow systems
• Build real-time fan conversation infrastructure
• Design notification and engagement systems
• Help architect distributed event-driven systems
• Build scalable APIs for social interaction
• Work on moderation and communication infrastructure
• Help optimize systems for global scale and low latency
• Collaborate with frontend, mobile, AI, and platform engineers

Requirements

• Strong Rust backend engineering experience
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems
• Experience building high-scale APIsExperience with event-driven architecture
• Experience building real-time systems
• Strong understanding of concurrency and low-latency infrastructure
• Experience designing scalable communication systems
• Experience working with high-volume user engagement platforms
• Strong understanding of backend performance optimization
• Experience with one or more of the following is highly preferred: social feed infrastructure, timeline systems, follow/follower systems, notification systems, social graph infrastructure, messaging systems, real-time communication platforms, distributed event systems, trending or recommendation systems, moderation infrastructure, large-scale consumer platforms, high-concurrency backend systems

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and building scalable distributed systems, with a strong focus on backend performance optimization and real-time communication infrastructure. Proficient in Rust and experienced in developing high-scale APIs and event‑driven architectures for social engagement platforms.