Remote Rust Backend Engineer — Async Proxy Systems

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

USD or stablecoin options

Remote-friendly async work

Job summary

the company is seeking a Backend Systems Engineer (Rust) to help build out an asynchronous SOCKS5 routing infrastructure and daemon node orchestration. The role is fully remote with async-friendly hours and competitive compensation including equity.

You will work on bandwidth allocation pipelines and Linux-based services, using Rust (Tokio/Axum) and SQLite to ensure scalable, reliable backend systems.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend systems with Rust and asynchronous I/O.
• Familiarity with SOCKS5 routing techniques and network daemons.
• Proficiency in Linux-based services and SQLite data stores.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the asynchronous SOCKS5 routing infrastructure.
• Orchestrate daemon nodes and automate bandwidth allocation pipelines.
• Collaborate on scalable backend systems with a focus on reliability.

Skills

Rust (Tokio / Axum)

SOCKS5 protocol

Linux systemd daemons

SQLite

Tools

SQLite

Job description

the company is seeking a Backend Systems Engineer (Rust) to help build out an asynchronous SOCKS5 routing infrastructure and daemon node orchestration. The role is fully remote with async-friendly hours and competitive compensation including equity.

You will work on bandwidth allocation pipelines and Linux-based services, using Rust (Tokio/Axum) and SQLite to ensure scalable, reliable backend systems.