Senior Rust Engineer - Cloud-Native Distributed Backend

UMATR

United States

On-site

USD 200,000 - 220,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary up to $220,000
Strong equity upside
Collaborative environment

Job summary

A next-generation cloud platform startup is seeking a Senior Rust Engineer to build and scale their core distributed backend. This role involves designing serverless systems and collaborating with a dedicated team of engineers in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of backend experience and strong Rust expertise. The position offers a competitive salary up to $220,000 with a strong equity component.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of backend development experience with strong expertise in Rust.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
  • Proven ability to build performant, scalable systems from scratch.

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale the core distributed backend for log indexing and search.
  • Design resilient, serverless systems for processing large datasets.
  • Collaborate with engineers to ship reliable Rust code efficiently.

Skills

Backend development experience
Expertise in Rust
Understanding of distributed systems
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure
Experience in data processing

Job description

A next-generation cloud platform startup is seeking a Senior Rust Engineer to build and scale their core distributed backend. This role involves designing serverless systems and collaborating with a dedicated team of engineers in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of backend experience and strong Rust expertise. The position offers a competitive salary up to $220,000 with a strong equity component.
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