Experienced Rust Video Engineer – TikTok-Style Video Infrastructure

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Senior Rust Engineer designing scalable video infrastructure for OleOle's football super app. Building short-form video solutions with a focus on performance and user engagement.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building scalable video infrastructure, including video ingestion and transcoding pipelines, while optimizing performance for high-volume traffic and global engagement. Proficient in backend engineering with a strong focus on Rust and real-time systems.

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Rust Backend EngineeringScalable Distributed SystemsHigh-Scale API DevelopmentMedia Infrastructure OptimizationLow-Latency Infrastructure

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Hard Skills

Video Ingestion PipelinesVideo Transcoding SystemsStreaming InfrastructureCDN OptimizationShort-Form Video Feed SystemsRecommendation SystemsReal-Time Media DeliveryUpload and Processing PipelinesDistributed Event SystemsConcurrency Understanding

Soft Skills

Collaboration

Industry Keywords

Media Delivery SystemsPlayback Performance OptimizationHigh-Volume Video EngagementScalable Content Delivery Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build scalable short-form video infrastructure
Architect video ingestion and transcoding pipelines
Optimize playback performance across mobile and web
Design scalable media delivery systems
Build APIs supporting high-volume video engagement
Help architect recommendation and engagement systems
Work on low-latency media infrastructure
Collaborate with frontend, mobile, AI, and platform engineers
Help optimize infrastructure for global fan engagement at scale

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong Rust backend engineering experience
Experience designing scalable distributed systems
Experience building high-scale APIs
Experience with media or video infrastructure
Experience working with real-time systems
Strong understanding of concurrency and low-latency infrastructure
Experience building scalable content delivery systems
Experience optimizing backend performance for high-volume traffic
Strong understanding of scalable media pipelines
Experience with one or more of the following is highly preferred: Video ingestion pipelines, Video transcoding systems, Streaming infrastructure, CDN optimization, Short-form video feed systems, Recommendation or engagement systems, Real-time media delivery, Upload and processing pipelines, Distributed event systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Solutions not problems.
Creative problem solver who can courageously propose and support new ideas to our organization.
Ability to adapt. An ideal candidate will welcome the opportunity to solve a broad range of problems using a wide array of technologies.
Comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities and general growing pains of an early-stage technology company.
An exceptional entrepreneurial judgment that fosters independence over micro-management.
Understanding of football and international sports a huge plus.