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Software Engineer, Backend, Workflow Runner

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8 days ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior
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Base Salary

$140k - $260k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build core workflow engine primitives for orchestrating agents and dataflows.
  • Own the real-time control plane, including streaming events and job orchestration.
  • Ship scalable, production-grade workflows from prototypes.
  • Design and implement Rust-first backend services and APIs for workflows.
  • Enhance job orchestration with various response modes and durable state.
  • Strengthen security and tenant isolation across the platform.
  • Improve runtime behavior including scheduling and retries.
  • Evolve schemas and manage migrations and query performance.
  • Instrument systems with telemetry and uphold operational excellence.
  • Collaborate with product, frontend, and data teams to deliver features.

Requirements

  • Strong portfolio or GitHub demonstrating backend or systems design expertise.
  • Proficient in Rust and capable of managing services in production.
  • Solid experience with SQL and PostgreSQL for relational data modeling.
  • Familiar with distributed systems patterns like messaging and retries.
  • Knowledge of caching systems like Redis and real-time delivery methods.
  • Strong understanding of API security, multi-tenancy, and best practices.
  • Collaborative and product-minded, thriving in fast-paced environments.
  • Experience with workflow engines, schedulers, or agent runtimes.
  • Practical exposure to containerization, CI/CD, and cloud environments.
  • Experience with Rust 2024, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka or NATS.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package including base salary and equity.
  • Support for visa sponsorship for qualified international candidates.
  • Full range of benefits and perks.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaPostgreSQLRedisRustSQL

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