Lead Rust Engineer

Fuku; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health/Dental/Vision/Life insurance

Retirement plan with employer matching

Remote-first work environment (Canada;

Flexible PTO with minimum 3 weeks

Job summary

Fuku is building a secure, reproducible foundation for software everywhere. As one of our first engineers, you will shape both our codebase and our culture, building features across CLI, backend, and frontend components and taking ownership from conception to deployment.

You will collaborate with product management, contribute to security initiatives, and help establish scalable engineering practices in a remote-friendly, early-stage startup environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Rust; Go and TypeScript desirable.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly GCP, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Interest in software supply chain security.
• Solid understanding of Linux OS fundamentals, including namespaces and networking.
• Comfortable working in an ambiguous, early-stage startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features across CLI, backend, and frontend components.
• Take ownership of projects from conception through deployment.
• Help establish scalable engineering practices.
• Collaborate closely with product management.

Skills

Rust

Go

TypeScript

Cloud (GCP)

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux basics

Security awareness

Tools

Terraform

GCP

CI/CD tooling

Linux tooling

Job description

We are building a secure, reproducible foundation for software everywhere, aiming to make building, maintaining, and releasing software predictable and effortless. As one of our first Engineers, you will play a pivotal role in shaping both our codebase and our company culture.

Tech Stack

• Rust (CLI tooling)
• TypeScript (Cloud frontend)
• Go (backend services)
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features across CLI, backend, and frontend components
• Take ownership of projects from conception through deployment
• Help establish scalable engineering practices
• Collaborate closely with product management

Requirements

• Strong experience with Rust; experience with Go and TypeScript is highly desirable
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly GCP, Kubernetes, and Terraform
• Interest in software supply chain security
• Solid understanding of Linux OS fundamentals, including namespaces and networking
• Comfortable working in an ambiguous, early-stage startup environment

Nice to Have

• Experience working at an early-stage startup
• Background in security, developer tooling, or open source projects
• Contributions to the Rust, Go, or TypeScript ecosystems

Benefits

• Competitive base compensation plus equity
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Retirement plans with employer matching
• Remote-first work environment (Canada & US)
• Flexible paid time off (minimum 3 weeks suggested)

Position Details

• Full-time
• Remote (Canada & US)