Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security)

MexicoDev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Footprint, a Rust-driven engineering team, is hiring senior Rust engineers for backend, infrastructure, and security roles in New York and San Francisco. You will own core Rust services, drive verification and vaulting components, and work on scalable, production-grade systems.

The role demands deep systems experience, expertise with Rust, databases, and cloud platforms, and a commitment to safe, auditable identity handling within regulated environments. On-site with equity included.

Qualifications

• Deep systems experience with backend services and distributed systems.
• Experience with Rust and production-grade APIs.
• Experience with identity vaulting and security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Backend: maintain Rust APIs behind verification, vaulting and checks.
• Infrastructure: own compute, isolation, deployment, and observability for Rust services.
• Security: protect identity data and demonstrate audit readiness.

Skills

Rust

PostgreSQL/Aurora

AWS

Tools

Pulumi

Terraform

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Job description

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Pay * USD (inferred) 180k - 260k “$180K-$260K”

Experience Not stated

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* The currency was inferred from context because the posting only uses the $ sign.

What the posting tells you

• Ownership The hire will own specific features, components or decisions. “Infrastructure: own agent compute, isolation, deploys and observability across Rust services and long-running agents. Rust, Postgres/Aurora, AWS (ECS/Fargate),”
• Specific responsibilities Detailed, concrete projects and responsibilities, including how the work is done. “Backend: the Rust APIs and services behind verification, vaulting, and the checks Percy runs. Production Rust is ideal; deep systems experience plus a real wish
• Stated working conditions One working condition is stated. “Footprint | Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) | $180K-$260K + equity”
• Open to adjacent experience Some requirements are marked as optional or nice to have. “Backend: the Rust APIs and services behind verification, vaulting, and the checks Percy runs. Production Rust is ideal; deep systems experience plus a real wish

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Original text

Footprint | Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) | $180K-$260K + equityWe build Percy, an agent that runs financial-crimes investigations for banks and fintechs. It clears false positives, escalates real risk, and writes the case narrative and audit record a regulator will read. Under it sits four years of identity infrastructure: verification, an AWS Nitro Enclave-backed vault for PII, and the APIs our customers call directly. The backend is Rust.We're hiring three Members of Technical Staff:- Backend: the Rust APIs and services behind verification, vaulting, and the checks Percy runs. Production Rust is ideal; deep systems experience plus a real wish to learn it also works. Crypto or systems-security background counts for a lot.- Infrastructure: own agent compute, isolation, deploys and observability across Rust services and long-running agents. Rust, Postgres/Aurora, AWS (ECS/Fargate), Pulumi/Terraform, Datadog, OpenTelemetry.- Security: protect identity data we vault on behalf of regulated banks and fintechs, and prove to auditors every step was done right.Small, senior team. Backed by QED, Index and BoxGroup. Customers include FDIC- and OCC-regulated banks plus Bilt, Nuvei and MoonPay.