Rust Backend Data Acquisition Engineer

Greenhouse Software, Inc.; Town of Belgium (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Health insurance

Pension funding

Mobility budget

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Lighthouse is seeking a backend engineer to design, build and scale data-acquisition systems handling hundreds of millions of requests daily. You will work with Rust or C/C++ in a cloud environment, ensure robust interfaces, and maintain high code quality with tests and observability.

Collaboration with crawler engineers, DevOps and security is essential to deliver secure, scalable solutions. You will join a team responsible for high-quality rates, ranking and data from 200+ sources, shaping

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building production backend services in cloud environments.
• Strong background in systems programming with Rust or C/C++ and a willingness to deepen Rust.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and improve backend data-acquisition systems handling large request volume.
• Investigate crawler issues and build robust, reusable solutions.
• Create clear interfaces and guardrails for reliable AI usage.
• Own code quality, tests, observability and maintainability, including AI-assisted code.
• Collaborate with crawler engineers, DevOps and Security to ship secure, scalable solutions.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

HTTP/TCP/IP

Debugging

Team communication

Job description

Lighthouse is seeking a backend engineer to design, build and scale data-acquisition systems handling hundreds of millions of requests daily. You will work with Rust or C/C++ in a cloud environment, ensure robust interfaces, and maintain high code quality with tests and observability.

Collaboration with crawler engineers, DevOps and security is essential to deliver secure, scalable solutions. You will join a team responsible for high-quality rates, ranking and data from 200+ sources, shaping