Senior Systems Software Engineer (Rust & Infra) Equity

Alumni Founders; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity, Full Benefits Package

Job summary

Alumni Founders is seeking a backend engineer to design and maintain core systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability for our platform.

You will apply strong Rust skills, work on distributed systems, database schema design, and infrastructure-as-code, and help build automation tooling. Based in Los Angeles, CA, you will troubleshoot across the full stack and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-growing startup.

Qualifications

• Requires a B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience with strong professional proficiency in Rust and systems-level programming.
• Must have experience with distributed systems, database schema design, and infrastructure-as-code.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain core systems and services to ensure platform reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Build automation tooling and manage infrastructure components while troubleshooting issues across the full stack.

Skills

Rust

Systems Programming

Distributed Systems

Database Design

API Design

Infrastructure-as-Code

Containerization

Backend Engineering

Observability

Automation Tooling

JavaScript

React

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Job description

Alumni Founders is seeking a backend engineer to design and maintain core systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability for our platform.

You will apply strong Rust skills, work on distributed systems, database schema design, and infrastructure-as-code, and help build automation tooling. Based in Los Angeles, CA, you will troubleshoot across the full stack and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-growing startup.