Staff Platform Engineer: Rust/Scala, AI Tools, Remote

Rawlings Company; United States; Remote; USD 225,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

FSA/HSA

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with company match

Unlimited PTO

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Machinify is seeking a Staff/Sr. Staff Platform Engineer to help scale critical Scala systems and build a Rust-based framework. You will influence technical direction with high autonomy and a strong focus on reliability.

The role spans JVM, Rust, Python, SQL, and Spark, with an emphasis on observability, resilience, and developer tooling inside a remote US team. This is a senior IC role with broad impact.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in the JVM ecosystem (Java/Scala).
• Experience with Rust is highly desired.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL with Spark or similar data processing.

Responsibilities

• Dig into inherited Scala systems to identify root problems and scale.
• Redesign the data layer used by ML and AI products.
• Build a Rust framework to ship correct, performant services.
• Improve observability and resilience across the platform.
• Shape developer tooling and engineering standards.
• Drive AI tool adoption across the company.
• Work across the full stack: JVM, Rust, Python, SQL, Spark.

Skills

JVM ecosystem (Java/Scala)

Rust experience

Python

SQL and Spark data processing

Distributed systems design

Observability & resilience engineering

Job description

Machinify is seeking a Staff/Sr. Staff Platform Engineer to help scale critical Scala systems and build a Rust-based framework. You will influence technical direction with high autonomy and a strong focus on reliability.

The role spans JVM, Rust, Python, SQL, and Spark, with an emphasis on observability, resilience, and developer tooling inside a remote US team. This is a senior IC role with broad impact.