Staff Software Engineer, Rust
Apollo GraphQLover 1 year ago
Base Salary
$192k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, test, and maintain fault-tolerant GraphQL runtime infrastructure primarily in Rust.
- Triage, debug, and resolve escalations from enterprise customers running large-scale GraphQL deployments.
- Operate and improve durable, stable public APIs supporting demanding GraphQL workloads.
- Engage with community members and enterprise customers to understand needs, debug issues, and inform platform evolution.
- Design scalable and observable systems that integrate with diverse customer infrastructure stacks.
- Collaborate across engineering teams through communication and constructive code reviews.
- Mentor teammates in architecting and writing idiomatic Rust code.
- Lead architectural discussions and cross-team initiatives and coach others into technical leadership.
- Develop technical designs and documentation addressing cost efficiency, security, and observability.
- Participate in on-call rotations to maintain the reliability of mission-critical systems.
Requirements
- Experience writing performant and maintainable Rust code.
- Expertise in systems engineering, including stateless and fault-tolerant systems, event-driven patterns, and distributed paradigms.
- Strong debugging instincts and enthusiasm for hands-on operational work.
- Ability to collaborate across teams and positively influence other engineers.
- Passion for GraphQL, modern developer tooling, and industry innovation.
- Growth mindset and commitment to staying current with industry trends.
- Experience with GraphQL or large-scale runtime systems is preferred.
- Experience in high-escalation or high-incident environments is preferred.
Benefits
- Remote position available anywhere in the US or Canada
- U.S. employees can choose from three Anthem Blue Cross medical plans, with two additional Kaiser plans available to California residents
- Dental and vision benefits provided by Sun Life Financial
- Equity is provided
About Apollo GraphQL
Apollo GraphQL builds open-source and commercial tools for adopting GraphQL, including Apollo Client, Apollo Router, and the GraphOS SaaS platform for orchestrating a unified API graph. It sells subscriptions and enterprise support for operating and governing federated GraphQL across teams. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company serves software engineering organizations building large-scale applications.