Cloud Backend Engineer — Rust & Distributed Systems

Zed Industries; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Zed Industries in Boulder, CO is seeking an experienced backend engineer to help build the cloud services behind Zed and Delta. You’ll focus on server-side infrastructure, auth, billing, telemetry, and moving from a single stateful server to a distributed system.

You’ll work closely with engineers, product, and operations, own production behavior, write and review code in Rust, and help shape projects through rollout and on-call.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and owning backend services from design through production and delivery.
• Proven ability to ship backend systems that handle production failures and scale.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and distributed architectures.

Responsibilities

• Turn emerging needs into shipped backend capabilities with clear scope and rollout.
• Share technical stewardship of the cloud system and guide discussions.
• Stay hands-on: write, review code, investigate complex bugs, ensure reliability.

Skills

Backend development

Rust

Distributed systems

APIs

Cloud services

Tools

Rust

Job description

Zed Industries in Boulder, CO is seeking an experienced backend engineer to help build the cloud services behind Zed and Delta. You’ll focus on server-side infrastructure, auth, billing, telemetry, and moving from a single stateful server to a distributed system.

You’ll work closely with engineers, product, and operations, own production behavior, write and review code in Rust, and help shape projects through rollout and on-call.