Rust Jobs for Rustaceans

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with product managers and frontend engineers to align backend solutions with product goals.
• Expose and showcase CockroachDB's differentiators via a developer and operator friendly set of product surfaces.
• Contribute to tools and integrations that help customers automate their workflows.
• Drive back-end best practices and public API design, making it easier for other teams to contribute to the web application and API in a consistent manner.
• Design, build, and test features that are critical to the success of CockroachDB Cloud.
• Develop in Go, but if you don't know it, you'll learn while you're here.
• Experiment and leverage modern tools, including AI-powered coding assistants and productivity tools, to streamline your workflow and amplify your impact.
• Participate actively in design and technical discussions, contributing your ideas and expertise.
• Support team culture through mentorship, feedback, and collaboration.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience designing and building APIs, backend services, or platform components at scale.
• Proficiency (or interest) in Go, or another strongly typed language like C++, Java, or Rust.
• Experience contributing to infrastructure tooling such as Terraform providers, CLIs, or Kubernetes operators.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially in cross-functional product teams.
• Passion for building practical, user-friendly products.
• A BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.