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Rust Systems Engineer
Rust Jobs $100K - $250K
Remote - United States 🇺🇸
Rust Jobs A well-funded, engineering-led team backed by tier-1 investors is building an SDK for rollups. Their mission is to let developers deploy business logic as verifiable servers, with a focus on performance, security, and decentralization. With partnerships forming and monetization on the horizon, the team is expanding its core systems engineering capabilities.
What You’ll Work On
You’ll be one of the key systems engineers shaping the SDK that powers next-gen rollups. Expect deep technical challenges and full ownership of core components.
Ideal Candidate
You’re a senior-level systems engineer with a passion for performance, correctness, and clean abstractions.
Must-haves:
- Strong background in systems programming (Rust, C++, or Go)
- Experience with low-level performance tuning, memory layout, flame graphs, serialization, etc.
- Proven work on distributed systems (blockchain knowledge is a plus)
- Self-directed, comfortable working in an async-first team
Bonus:
- Experience with rollups, zk tech, or L2s
Benefits
- Up to $250K USD/year
- B2B contract or Permanent Employment via EoR (Deel)
- Remote with a preference for candidates in Europe or North America
This is an opportunity to build foundational infrastructure in a fast-growing corner of the blockchain space, with an exceptional team, a clear product path, and the chance to work on cutting-edge protocol-level challenges.
Send your resume to verifiable.sdk@rustjobs.dev
Application process
- Your application goes directly to the Rust Jobs team. We manage hiring for this role on behalf of the company.
- Every CV is read by a human, not a filter. We assess it against the requirements before anything else happens.
- If your application is a strong fit, we'll reach out by email to introduce ourselves and walk you through the next steps with the company.
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