Requirements

• Can write legible, maintainable, and performant code
• Communicate well in English, both verbally and in writing
• Enjoy collaborating with others, including reviewing code and pair programming
• Are comfortable working asynchronously (writing PRs and RFCs, having discussions by email)
• Have backend development experience, ideally with a language like Rust, Java, Go, or C++
• Are familiar with backend interface tools like REST, GraphQL, gRPC/Protocol Buffers, and Arrow
• Strive to improve yourself, your peers, and the culture you work in over time
• Feel like ethical considerations are an inherent part of engineering

Nice to Have

• Rust and Python specifically
• Container-based and cloud-native application architectures (e.g., Docker, Azure, AWS)
• Metrics tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• SQL and streaming database systems
• Routing protocols (e.g., IGP, BGP)
• Cryptographic protocols (e.g., Signal, WireGuard)
• Hardware interfaces (e.g., Arduino)
• Robotics (e.g., control systems)
• Production ML systems

What You'll Be Doing

• Review code contributions, proposals, and RFCs from colleagues
• Propose and implement new features, capabilities, algorithms, infrastructure, or even full products across our stack
• Become a mentor, find a mentee, and help support and develop our interviewing pipeline
• Share your experience and technical know-how with other team members
• Maintain existing software stack and improve operational reliability
• Develop tests and benchmarks to ensure robustness
• Present your work at weekly demo sessions

Perks and Benefits

• A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
• Competitive compensation and VSOP options
• Relocation support
• Social and education allowances
• Regular company events and all-hands meetings
• Hands-on onboarding program to learn about the tech stack