Rust Jobs for Rustaceans

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build systems that dramatically increase the scalability and performance of all applications built on Airtable, to earn the trust of our customers through predictable, reliable, and thoughtful interactions.
• Work at the deep backend of the Airtable software stack within the Enterprise Product portion of the org, just above the Infrastructure org.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and data scientists to understand the needs of potential users and build a product that unlocks their potential.
• Work alongside and learn from a talented group of engineers with a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds.

Requirements:

• You have 7+ years of industry experience with modern systems development, ideally database internals development.
• You are interested in programming in TypeScript and Rust.
• You are excited by a product-oriented backend role, i.e. not pure Infrastructure.
• You have a good understanding of modern web technologies and large-scale web application architecture.
• You have a background in computer science or a related field.
• You believe the best product is the one that helps users accomplish their goals while growing the business.
• You take a thoughtful approach to decision making; knowing when to move fast and when to do things right.
• You have strong convictions, weakly held and assume validation and iteration are a given to produce the best results.
• You show strong ownership instincts and sweat the details.
• You are currently based and/or will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area