About the Role
About the Role
As a Rust Engineer, you will lead the migration of a core platform from Python to Rust, working closely with the CTO. This role focuses on enhancing performance, reducing latency, and increasing throughput while maintaining system reliability.
What You'll Do
Single-owner mandate: you will lead the full migration of the core platform from Python to Rust, planned directly with the CTO, and own it end to end from architecture through rollout.
Not a feature engineering role. A performance bet. Every decision you make moves the platform toward lower latency and higher throughput at massive scale, without compromising the reliability enterprise customers depend on.
Who You Are
- Deep, long-standing Rust expertise, you've been writing production Rust for years and know it cold.
- Obsessive about latency and throughput at a level most engineers don't operate at.
- Strong instinct for stability: you balance ambitious change against reliability in live, high-volume systems.
Bonus Points
Major bonus if you've led a codebase migration to Rust before or have a track record shipping performance-critical systems.
Location
Onsite in San Francisco or remote US/Canada.
Requirements
Rust expertise
You have deep, long-standing experience writing production Rust.
Performance focus
You are obsessive about latency and throughput.
Stability instinct
You balance ambitious changes with the need for reliability in high-volume systems.
Nice to Have
Experience leading a codebase migration to Rust is a major bonus.
A track record of shipping performance-critical systems is advantageous.