Backend Rust Engineer

Remote (American or European time zones) or Boulder, Colorado Zed is a fast, collaborative code editor built from the ground up in Rust. We're seeking a Backend Engineer with a strong Rust background to own and maintain our server-side infrastructure. The server-side infrastructure powers many of Zed's core features: all AI connections go through this system, as do the collaboration primitives, in addition to cross-cutting concerns like auth, billing and telemetry. We are currently rebuilding our backend from a single stateful server to a fully distributed system, and looking for someone to help lead this effort. Design and implement reliable, high-performant backend systems in Rust Build on Zed's existing deterministic test execution environment to allow us to make large changes with confidence Contribute to architectural decisions that shape Zed's future Solve complex product challenges, drawing on your systems programming background when needed Collaborate with designers and engineers to create intuitive user interfaces Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code Participate in code reviews and collaborate with teammates and community members in real time Help improve our development processes and tooling Optimize performance and user experience where necessary Experience deploying and maintaining distributed systems in production Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills Strong product sense and user-centric design approach Self-directed work ethic and ability to operate autonomously Excellent communication skills for remote collaboration Willingness to work on both backend and frontend aspects of the application Enthusiasm for pair programming, including several hours weekly in Zed Experience with Cloudflare's worker infrastructure Knowledge of database performance characteristics, particularly PostgreSQL and SQLite. Familiarity with tracing, logging and telemetry tools like Axiom or Honeycomb. Background in building real-time collaborative systems Knowledge of cross-platform development challenges Experience working on product code, front-end, or full-stack development Join us in revolutionizing the development experience. Your expertise could drive Zed's next game-changing feature!

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