Rust Backend Engineer, Knowledge Graph (Remote)

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Health support

Wellbeing support

Equity compensation

Employee stock purchase plan

Growth fund

Parental leave

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Backend Engineer, Knowledge Graph (Rust) to join a leader in information technology. This remote role focuses on building and maintaining a Rust-based knowledge graph service that underpins the developer platform.

You will optimize integrations, improve reliability and scalability, and contribute to an AI-assisted development workflow. Collaboration across teams and thoughtful design decisions will shape the system while maintaining operational maturity of a data-oriented

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in backend systems development and maintenance.
• Proficiency in modern backend languages with a strong interest in Rust.
• Exposure to distributed data or analytics systems, or a desire to learn.
• Interest in graph data modeling and query patterns.
• Experience with AI tools in development workflows.
• Ability to learn new languages and frameworks as needed.
• Solid fundamentals in system design and trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Implement and enhance backend features in the Rust-based knowledge graph service.
• Maintain integrations between the knowledge graph and the broader platform.
• Contribute to system design discussions focused on reliability and scalability.
• Improve operational maturity by enhancing metrics, logging, and alerts.
• Collaborate asynchronously with cross-functional teams to clarify requirements.
• Utilize AI-assisted development workflows responsibly and share insights.
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.

Skills

Backend systems

Rust

Distributed data

Graph data modeling

System design

AI tools in development

Learning new languages

Tools

AI tooling

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Backend Engineer, Knowledge Graph (Rust) to join a leader in information technology. This remote role focuses on building and maintaining a Rust-based knowledge graph service that underpins the developer platform.

You will optimize integrations, improve reliability and scalability, and contribute to an AI-assisted development workflow. Collaboration across teams and thoughtful design decisions will shape the system while maintaining operational maturity of a data-oriented