Member of Technical Staff (Rust Engineer, Search)
Perplexity8 months ago
Berlin, Germany or London, United KingdomMid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and optimize ultra-low-latency search infrastructure using Rust.
- Profile and instrument services to drive down response times at scale.
- Develop and maintain distributed backend components for real-time search.
- Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams for optimal query performance.
- Apply advanced concurrency and memory management patterns for throughput.
- Monitor, debug, and tune production workloads for reliability.
- Contribute to code reviews and mentor peers in Rust development.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in Rust programming for backend/search systems.
- Experience profiling and tuning high-load, low-latency distributed services.
- Strong understanding of systems design and performance debugging.
- Background in cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, and container orchestration.
- Track record of driving efficiency for search or data-intensive products.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments and own critical product code.
- Passion for benchmarking and continuous performance improvement.