About the Role
As VP of Engineering, you’ll take ownership of key backend systems that enable cloud infrastructure management directly from code. You’ll collaborate with the founding team, coordinate closely with product, and set long-term technical direction. This role blends leadership, architecture, and hands-on development, with significant contributions to the open-source Rust ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead design and implementation of virtualization and orchestration backends for scalability
- Collaborate with founders on technical strategy and long-term platform direction
- Coordinate with product teams to set realistic goals and timelines
- Write architecture documents, RFCs, and proof-of-concepts to guide engineering
- Contribute Rust code across the platform, shaping structure and best practices
- Maintain and contribute to open-source Rust projects, engaging with the community
TECH STACK:
- Rust (tokio, actix, async-std, futures, async/await)
- AWS (ELB, EC2, ECS, API Gateway, Lambda @edge)
- WebAssembly (desirable)
- Other backend languages (Go, Python, JavaScript, Ruby)
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience building backend services for web apps or IaaS/BaaS products
