Senior Platform Engineer, Rust

ORC8R; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

ORC8R is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer in Austin with hybrid work arrangement. You will design core control plane components, implement distributed state management and resource provisioning workflows, and own projects end to end from design through production deployment.

The role requires 5+ years of software engineering, strong Rust or systems programming background, and expertise in distributed systems, networking and concurrency. Based in or willing to relocate to Austin, TX.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional software engineering experience, with Rust or similar systems language.
• Experience with distributed systems and consensus protocols.
• Strong networking, concurrency, and system-level programming skills.
• Willing to relocate to Austin, TX.
• Ability to deliver reliable, well-tested software.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features across the core control plane, including distributed state management and resource provisioning workflows
• Own projects end to end, from design and implementation through production deployment and operation
• Participate in code review and contribute to engineering standards across the team
• Diagnose and resolve issues that arise under production load
• Collaborate with engineering leadership on architectural decisions

Skills

Rust

Distributed systems

Networking

Concurrency

System programming

Job description

Austin, Texas | Hybrid, three days a week in our Austin office | Full time

The Senior Platform Engineer will design and build core components of ORC8R's control plane, including state replication, request handling and the provider protocol used to provision bare metal and virtual machine resources. This role owns technically demanding problems from design through production operation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features across the core control plane, including distributed state management and resource provisioning workflows
• Own projects end to end, from design and implementation through production deployment and operation
• Participate in code review and contribute to engineering standards across the team
• Diagnose and resolve issues that arise under production load
• Collaborate with engineering leadership on architectural decisions

Basic Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience in Rust or a comparable systems programming language
• Experience with distributed systems, consensus protocols or replicated state
• Strong understanding of networking, concurrency and system level programming
• Demonstrated ability to deliver reliable, well tested software
• Based in or willing to relocate to Austin, Texas

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or operating infrastructure orchestration systems
• Familiarity with Raft or other consensus protocols
• Contributions to open source systems software

Compensation and Benefits

This role includes a competitive base salary, equity, health coverage and other standard benefits. Compensation will be discussed during the interview process.

About ORC8R

ORC8R operates a compute platform that gives development teams self service access to bare metal servers and virtual machines. The platform manages provisioning, orchestration, network isolation and lifecycle management, so engineering teams can request infrastructure and receive a running node in minutes without manual operations work.

ORC8R is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfer, and termination. Consistent with the City of Austin Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance, we do not inquire about criminal history until after a conditional offer of employment has been made. If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, contact [e-mail] to make a request. Employment with ORC8R is contingent upon successful completion of a background check where permitted by applicable law.