Rust backend architect Engineer – Twitter/X Style Infrastructure

Core Platform Vision

The platform combines elements of:

• Twitter/X style social conversation
• TikTok-style short-form video
• WhatsApp-style messaging
• live score platforms
• programmable commerce
• mini program ecosystems similar to WeChat

Core Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable social feed infrastructure
• Arcitect 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

• 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

Qualifications

• 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 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

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