Software Engineer, Backend (Rust)

About the role

Looking for someone to join us as one of the early members of the Backend team. In the initial months, you'll be working closely with the team, gradually taking ownership of central components and features. Given our early stage, we're seeking versatile engineers, comfortable contributing to various aspects of the company's foundation.

We value team members who delve deep into their respective domains, aiming to cultivate a team of subject matter experts. This commitment to expertise is an expectation of every team member.

The backend team at amo is responsible for both server side and the backbone of the client as we believe it makes more sense to have one team handle both ends of the same topics (network, data modelling, management and synchronisation, etc).

AS A BACKEND ENGINEER, YOUR DAY-TO-DAY WILL INCLUDE:

CRAFTING THE FUTURE

Developing systems that handle massive traffic, data, and an unmatched rate of scaling. Your toolkit? Carefully chosen cutting-edge technologies, code that's practically poetry, and systems that effortlessly scale horizontally.

CROSS-PLATFORM HARMONY

In addition to server side development, you will participate in the evolution and maintenance of a Rust component that we share between iOS and Android and that deals mostly with networking, data synchronisation and data-oriented feature logic that benefit from being written just once. You will collaborate with iOS and Android engineers to maintain a unified codebase, enabling consistent experiences across platforms. You’ll also bridge the gap between mobile development and backend infrastructure for a seamless user journey.

FEATURE DEVELOPMENT

Participating in brainstorming sessions and discussions to design and implement features that set us apart in the market.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

We love learning from each other, staying abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, bringing fresh ideas to the table. So you'll be contributing to our culture of continuous improvement, where learning and growing are integral parts of the journey.

OWNING YOUR SCOPE

You will be responsible for monitoring analytics and managing system crashes. We value engineers who take ownership of their scope, and proactively address issues and triage bug fixes.

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

We are hiring multiple engineers of varying levels, so please indicate your years of experience on the application form to apply for the appropriate position.

- Experience writing Rust (either open-source or professional work) or any other low-level systems programming language (C++, C, OCaml, …).

- Experience working with distributed systems in production (like Redpanda/Kafka or/and ScyllaDB/Cassandra, etc.).

- Strong opinions about building a product in the consumer social domain is preferred.

- You don’t need to speak French to apply (and you don’t need to speak perfect English either, we'll help you to ramp up quickly if needed).