Rust Backend Architect – Twitter/X Style Infrastructure

Job Description:

• Design and build scalable social feed infrastructure
• Architect timeline and follow systems
• Build real-time fan conversation infrastructure
• Design notification and engagement systems
• Help architect distributed event-driven systems
• Build scalable APIs for social interaction
• Work on moderation and communication infrastructure
• Help optimize systems for global scale and low latency
• Collaborate with frontend, mobile, AI, and platform engineers

Requirements:

• Strong Rust backend engineering experience
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems
• Experience building high-scale APIs
• Experience with event-driven architecture
• Experience building real-time systems
• Strong understanding of concurrency and low-latency infrastructure
• Experience designing scalable communication systems
• Experience working with high-volume user engagement platforms
• Strong understanding of backend performance optimization
• Experience with one or more of the following is highly preferred: social feed infrastructure, timeline systems, follow/follower systems, notification systems, social graph infrastructure, messaging systems, real-time communication platforms, distributed event systems, trending or recommendation systems, moderation infrastructure, large-scale consumer platforms, high-concurrency backend systems

Benefits:

• Equity and token participation may be available for the right candidate.