Rust Application Developer

A U.S.-based venture capital company that invests in brands around the world and empowers them to realize their true potential, is looking for a Rust Application Developer. The selected candidate will be responsible for working as the primary developer on the company’s new news aggregation product and utilizing Rust to create a polished and scalable application. The company is known for helping reputed industry names and bigwigs by financing their operations via early-stage ventures, late-stage ventures, and seed funding. This is a great opportunity for developers who’re looking for a good challenge and minimal supervision.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and design the next iteration of the company’s news aggregation product to move it beyond the prototype stage 
• Use Rust as a primary back-end language to create a competitive, cutting-edge product
• Effectively collaborate with internal stakeholders, product owners, front-end developers, and data scientists to formulate a road plan and execute the product vision
• Use software development best practices to write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Develop and maintain secure, robust, and scalable back-end systems and APIs
• Develop and automate other services to support application functionality and engineering efforts
• Conduct code optimization to increase efficiency, minimize memory usage, and improve app performance
• Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot application performance
• Identify and address potential areas of improvement and resolve technical bottlenecks
• Integrate regularly-evolving algorithms and machine learning techniques to personalize, rank, and categorize news content
• Help create an innovative culture that fosters continuous learning and improvement
• Stay abreast with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices 
• Adapt to the evolving news data landscape to balance quality and scalability with flexibility

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience as an Application Developer
• Proven experience in application development (at least 5 years) and a successful track record of delivering projects to market
• Expertise working with Rust, and PostgreSQL
• Demonstrable experience working with APIs
• Background in machine learning concepts and tools
• Ability to use machine learning concepts to personalize, categorize, and rank news content.
• Passion for staying in touch with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies
• Good grasp of some Linux system administration is a must
• Excellent problem-solving skills and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to think creatively, and critically to develop innovative solutions
• Previous experience with news aggregation platforms, content recommendation systems, or similar products would be a plus
• Ability to effectively communicate in English, both verbal and written