Travoom

Senior Backend Rust Engineer

Travoom

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Texas • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

GraphQLGRPCMicroservicesRustSDLCWeb3

About the role

  • Building high-performance backend services using Rust
  • Working on scalable APIs, data pipelines, and video-processing infrastructure
  • Delivering a cutting-edge platform for millions of users
  • Collaborating with the core engineering team throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Requirements

  • 7-10+ years of software engineering experience (preferably at early-stage startups or high-growth platforms)
  • 4+ years of experience working in Rust in production environments, ideally on scalable web or blockchain-native backends
  • Strong experience designing modern, scalable backend architectures from scratch — including authentication, real-time messaging, microservices, APIs, caching, and database design
  • Proficiency with Rust frameworks like Actix, Axum, Tokio, or Rocket
  • Experience with WebAssembly, gRPC, or GraphQL is a plus
  • Passion for decentralization, crypto, Web3, and building products that empower users
  • Comfortable working without product managers, defining scope, and leading engineering direction
  • Bonus: experience with blockchain integration, tokenomics, or building in no-fee marketplaces
Benefits
  • Founding engineer-level equity and token allocation
  • Deferred salary until funding is secured

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
RustAPIsdata pipelinesvideo-processing infrastructurebackend architectureauthenticationreal-time messagingmicroservicescachingdatabase design
Soft skills
collaborationleadershipscope definition