Senior Remote Rust Platform Architect for AI Infrastructure

Mixpeek; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Legion in the United States is seeking a Senior Rust Developer to build and maintain the core infrastructure of our AI platform. You will contribute to core features, design scalable components, and apply Rust expertise to high-performance systems.

This role requires US citizenship or greencard due to government contracting, experience with Kubernetes and Docker, and a track record of running large distributed services.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship or Greencard is required due to US Government contract requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5–8+ years of software and platform engineering experience, with a strong track record of designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience building platform infrastructure and backend systems that serve multiple products and engineering teams.
• Experience in Rust, with expertise in designing and developing high-performance systems. All our performance-critical areas are developed in Rust.
• Demonstrated expertise in database architecture and scalable data systems, including distributed databases, storage and indexing systems, data modeling and schema design, high-throughput and low-latency data access patterns.
• Experience designing systems that support AI and machine learning workloads
• Familiarity in workflow engines, execution runtimes, and AI orchestration frameworks
• Growth mindset and low ego- you’re eager to pick up new tools and technologies, learn from others, and be open to changing course when it’s right.
• Drive to foster a culture of collaboration, psychological safety, and technical excellence.
• Strong advocate for inclusion in technical discussions at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop foundational components and frameworks that serve as the building blocks for our Agentic AI platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their needs and requirements, and create platform solutions that empower developers to build innovative applications on top of it.
• Cultivate a growth mindset, constantly studying and staying current with design patterns, techniques, and technologies that attract developers to platforms and frameworks.
• Work closely with machine learning engineers to build the infrastructure that supports ML workflows, ensuring seamless and efficient execution within enterprises.
• Provide production support and troubleshooting expertise to ensure the platform's smooth operation and address any performance or scalability challenges.

Skills

Rust

Kubernetes

Docker

Distributed systems

AI/ML workloads

Platform engineering

Production support

Team collaboration

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Legion in the United States is seeking a Senior Rust Developer to build and maintain the core infrastructure of our AI platform. You will contribute to core features, design scalable components, and apply Rust expertise to high-performance systems.

This role requires US citizenship or greencard due to government contracting, experience with Kubernetes and Docker, and a track record of running large distributed services.