Rust developer

Apollo
United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$208,000.0
Working hours
Shift work

Tech stack

C++ (Programming Language) Profiling Software Quality Nvidia CUDA Continuous Integration Data Structures Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements) Software Debugging Python (Programming Language) Software Engineering Rust (Programming Language) Graphql

Job description

txt builds structured generation: we make language models produce output that follows a given format, by deciding at every decoding step which tokens are allowed. We compile a JSON Schema, a regex, a grammar, a list of function definitions or a policy into that decision, fast enough to run inside the decoding loop. This is how .txt builds reliable and safe agents. We’re looking for a Rust developer to own the part of it that has to be fast: the automata, indexes and parsers that run at every decoding step. You’d turn what the rest of the team writes into production-ready Rust, with the Python bindings and C++/CUDA glue to put it inside an inference engine, and the benchmarks to prove it stays fast.

What You Will Do

  • Project Leadership: Initiate and drive the development of mission-critical Rust projects from conception through deployment.
  • Performance Engineering: Write and optimize parsing code with a strong emphasis on performance, supported by automated benchmarking.
  • Data Structures & Algorithms: Ability to design, implement, and readily debug formal grammars, efficient parsers, standard and non-standard automata, and general text-based indexing/search.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with other teams to integration their work into production-ready Rust.
  • Tooling & CI/CD: Utilize advanced profiling, debugging, and continuous integration tools to maintain and enhance code quality in non-trivial and consistent ways., To facilitate real-time collaboration, we require team members to be available, on a daily basis, for at least 3 hours of overlap with morning New York City (Eastern Time Zone) business hours, 8am - 1pm., Design, build, and optimize production-grade Rust systems for low-latency model serving and real-time data ingestion. Implement high-throughput backend APIs, caching, and memory-efficient components. Debug distributed systems, establish benchmarking and monitoring, and collaborate with Applied Scientists to translate ML advances into scalable runtime systems.

Requirements

  • Proven Rust Experience: Demonstrated ability to lead and contribute to sophisticated, collaborative Rust projects.
  • Professional Development Skills: A track record of developing well-tested, high-performance software.
  • Tooling Expertise: Expertise with code profiling and debugging. Experience with automated workflows in CI.
  • Multi-language Proficiency: Ability to learn and/or work with the following technologies: CUDA, C/C++, Rust/Python bindings.
  • A Collaborative Mindset: Excellent communication skills and a proactive approach, ideally suited for an early-stage startup culture.

Benefits & conditions

Be an Early Applicant Remote Hiring Remotely in USA 160K-210K Annually Entry level Remote Hiring Remotely in USA 160K-210K Annually Entry level Lead development of high-performance Rust parsers, compilers, automata, indexes, and data structures for structured language-model generation. Optimize decoding-loop performance through profiling and benchmarking, integrate Python bindings and C++/CUDA components into inference engines, collaborate across teams, and maintain production-quality code through testing and CI/CD. The summary above was generated by AI

.txt builds structured generation: we make language models produce output that follows a given format, by deciding at every decoding step which tokens are allowed. We compile a JSON Schema, a regex, a grammar, a list of function definitions or a policy into that decision, fast enough to run inside the decoding loop. This is how .txt builds reliable and safe agents. We’re looking for a developer to work on the parsers and compilers at the center of it., The problem matters Every agent that takes real actions needs a layer that guarantees it can only do what it was asked. The parser and compiler work in this role is what enables this guarantee.

Remote first Work from anywhere in the world. We communicate mostly in writing and favor occasional organic discussions over recurring large team meetings.

Competitive compensation and benefits Market-rate salary plus stock options, health and dental insurance, and a 401(k) for US employees. We’ll also get you a GPU if you don’t have one., Remote USA 100-200 Hourly Expert/Leader 100-200 Hourly Expert/Leader HR Tech * Other * Professional Services Evaluate AI coding-agent interactions for usefulness, correctness, engineering judgment, reasoning quality, and developer trust. Provide clear, opinionated feedback, distinguish response-quality levels, and help define standards for excellent interactions with tools such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor. This contract role requires staff- or principal-level software engineering experience and familiarity with modern AI-assisted development workflows. Top Skills: C#Claude CodeCursorGoJavaScriptOpenai CodexPythonRustTypescript Sequen AI, One Month Ago In-Office or Remote 192K-230K Annually Senior level 192K-230K Annually Senior level Artificial Intelligence * Big Data * Information Technology * Professional Services * Software As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build and maintain secure infrastructure for GraphQL, debug escalations, collaborate with teams, mentor, and improve the platform’s performance. Top Skills: Rust

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