Founding Rust Engineer

A high growth AI infrastructure company is hiring a Rust Engineer to build the core of a AI gateway serving 1B+ requests per month for large enterprise customers you've heard of. You'll be working with the CTO to set the architectural direction for the systems the entire platform runs on. Responsibilities Design and build performance-critical services in Rust, from architecture through production rollout. Drive measurable gains in latency, throughput, and resource efficiency at very high request volumes. Own rollout strategy for live traffic, sequencing work so that stability is never the thing that gives. Work directly with the CTO on technical direction across performance, reliability, and security. Profile, benchmark, and eliminate bottlenecks others would call acceptable. Qualifications Production experience with Rust. Genuine obsession with performance. Bonus You've led a large codebase migration into Rust. You've worked on proxies, gateways, or network data planes. Open source contributions in the Rust ecosystem. You will be working on one of the most important technical problems on the roadmap. The work is highly visible, both internally and externally. Fast-moving team, deep ownership, no layers between you and the decision makers. Competitive salary, equity, and health, dental, and vision. (200-260k)