Senior Software Engineer (Rust / C++)
Remote (North America) | $220,000-$280,000 Base + Bonus + Equity Build infrastructure where performance matters.
A well-funded, profitable infrastructure company is looking for a
Performance Engineer to help build and optimize the systems powering millions of real-time requests every day.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working close to the metal, solving complex systems problems, and optimizing software for speed, scalability, and reliability.
What You'll Do
- Design and optimize high-performance services using Rust and C++
- Reduce latency and improve throughput across production systems
- Profile applications and eliminate performance bottlenecks
- Build and maintain large-scale distributed systems
- Work on infrastructure that supports mission-critical applications
- Collaborate with a highly technical engineering team in a high-ownership environment
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong experience with Rust and/or C++
- Proven experience optimizing production systems
- Deep understanding of memory management, concurrency, networking, and systems performance
- Experience building or operating distributed systems at scale
Nice to Have
- Background in high-frequency trading or other low-latency environments
- Experience with database internals or storage engines
- Familiarity with RocksDB, ClickHouse, Postgres, or similar technologies
What You'll Get
- $240,000-$280,000 base salary (flexible for exceptional candidates)
- 15-20% performance bonus
- Meaningful equity package
- Fully remote across North American time zones
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Unlimited PTO
- Annual conference, learning, wellness, and home office stipends
- Regular team offsites and collaborative engineering culture
Why Join?
You'll be joining a small, high-caliber engineering team where ownership is encouraged and technical excellence is valued. The company builds the infrastructure that enables thousands of developers and businesses to build scalable, high-performance applications, with a focus on distributed systems, real-time data, and performance-critical services.
If you enjoy solving difficult engineering problems and want to have a direct impact on products operating at massive scale, this is an opportunity to work alongside experienced systems engineers in a fast-moving, remote-first environment.
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