Rust Jobs for Rustaceans

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
• Proven leadership of engineering teams (5+ engineers) with design and delivery ownership
• Experienced in writing production Rust code and familiar with Rust async/web ecosystem
• Comfortable balancing hands-on coding with leadership and unblocker responsibilities
• Strong knowledge of AWS products and distributed systems
• Past experience as a technical founder is a plus
• Able to commute occasionally to London office preferred
• Bonus: Experience with WebAssembly or additional backend languages

WHY JOIN:

• Shape the technical vision of a fast-growing open-source cloud platform
• Lead high-impact Rust engineering projects scaling to thousands of users
• Contribute to the Rust ecosystem while building the future of developer productivity

LOCATION:
Remote – Europe