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Lead Rust Engineer

Stealth Co logo Stealth Co
$180000 - $300,000
Redwood City, CA - United States 🇺🇸

Senior Rust Engineer

About Us

We're a well-funded stealth startup backed by proven founders, building the next generation of AI-powered operating systems. We're assembling a small, elite team to create revolutionary system software that integrates cutting-edge AI, real-time processing, and modern hardware capabilities. If you're excited about building OS technology from the ground up and shipping world-changing software—we'd love to talk.

The Role

Join as one of our first engineering hires to build the core systems that power our AI-native platform. You'll work directly with founders who've built unicorn companies and know how to ship fast. This is systems programming at its finest—high-performance Rust code that needs to be rock-solid and lightning-fast.

What You'll Do

  • Build the foundational systems that everything else runs on
  • Work on real-time data processing and AI integration
  • Optimize for performance where milliseconds matter
  • Shape our technical architecture and engineering culture
  • Linux development and low-level system optimization

Requirements

  • 4+ years production Rust experience
  • Strong systems programming background
  • Linux development experience
  • Track record of shipping high-performance software
  • Android development experience +++

Why Join

  • Build an ambitious product with real-world impact from prototypes to mass production
  • Work with founders who've built unicorn companies and know how to ship fast
  • Competitive compensation, equity, and the chance to shape the product—and the company
  • Small empowered team. No bureaucracy. Big upside.

Ready to build the future? Send us your resume and GitHub profile.

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