Rust backend architect Engineer – Twitter/X Style Infrastructure
Senior Rust Engineer – Microblogging & Social Feed Infrastructure reputed company is building a global football super app combining social networking, messaging, live scores, short-form video, gambling, commerce, payments, translation, and mini programs into a single platform focused entirely on football fans worldwide. We are looking for a senior Rust engineer to help architect and build the core microblogging and social feed infrastructure powering the platform. This role is focused specifically on: • social feeds • timelines • follows • fan conversations • repost systems • engagement systems • notifications • trending systems • real-time communication • scalable social infrastructure This is not a generic backend role. The platform combines elements of: • Twitter/X • reputed company • reputed company • reputed company • live score systems • real-time translated communication inside a football-focused ecosystem. Core Responsibilities • Design and build scalable social feed infrastructure • Architect timeline and follow systems • Build real-time fan conversation infrastructure • Design notification and engagement systems • Help architect distributed event-driven systems • Build scalable APIs for social interaction • Work on moderation and communication infrastructure • Help optimize systems for global scale and low latency • Collaborate with frontend, mobile, AI, and platform engineers Technical Environment reputed company is being built primarily in Rust. Rust is a critical requirement for this role due to: • scale • concurrency • performance • low-latency communication • real-time interaction requirements The platform architecture is expected to include: • Rust backend services • distributed systems • real-time messaging infrastructure • event-driven architecture • scalable APIs • social graph systems • notification infrastructure • AI translation systems • high-scale communication systems What We’re Building reputed company’s vision is to become the global operating system for football fans. The platform combines: • social networking • messaging • short-form video • live scores • gambling • commerce • mini programs • AI translation • football history AI inside one interconnected ecosystem. A major focus of the platform is real-time translated communication between football fans globally. Fans should be able to: • follow clubs and countries • communicate globally without language barriers • engage in live conversations • share content socially • receive real-time notifications and updates Required Technical Experience • Strong Rust backend engineering experience • Experience designing scalable distributed systems • Experience building high-scale APIs • Experience with event-driven architecture • Experience building real-time systems • Strong understanding of concurrency and low-latency infrastructure • Experience designing scalable communication systems • Experience working with high-volume user engagement platforms • Strong understanding of backend performance optimization Preferred Experience Experience with one or more of the following is highly preferred: • Social feed infrastructure • Timeline systems • Follow/follower systems • Notification systems • Social graph infrastructure • Messaging systems • Real-time communication platforms • Distributed event systems • Trending or recommendation systems • Moderation infrastructure • Large-scale consumer platforms • High-concurrency backend systems Ideal Backgrounds This role may be a strong fit for engineers with experience related to: • Twitter/X • reputed company • reputed company • reputed company • Mastodon • reputed company chat systems • real-time messaging infrastructure • large-scale social engagement systems Additional Preferred Skills • Experience with WebSockets or real-time streaming systems • Experience with scalable caching systems • Experience with distributed databases • Experience with pub/sub infrastructure • Experience with cloud-native infrastructure • Experience building globally distributed systems • Experience with AI-assisted moderation or translation systems • Experience working in startup environments • Interest in sports, football, or fan engagement products Soft Skills • Strong product thinking • Ability to work independently in an early-stage startup environment • Comfortable helping shape architecture from the ground up • Comfortable operating with evolving product requirements • Strong communication and collaboration skills • Interest in ambitious long-term platform design Compensation Compensation is currently deferred until funding closes. Equity and token participation may be available for the right candidate. Solutions not problems . • Creative problem solver who can courageously propose and support new ideas to our organization. Not interested in best practices, lets build something better! • Ability to adapt. An ideal candidate will welcome the opportunity to solve a broad range of problems u
