Role description

Rust Backend Engineer

Svix YC W21

TypeFull-time

SponsorshipNo visa sponsorship

Salary$130,000–$180,000

LocationSan Francisco, CA

Engineering

About Svix

Svix is a fast-growing startup building the future of server-to-server communication, starting with webhooks. We build high-quality, scalable, and fast infrastructure trusted by companies like Etsy, TaskRabbit, Brex, and the Fortune 500.

We have a top 1% product & team, our customers love us, and we are working towards building a generation defining developer infrastructure company.

To support our efforts, we have raised $11M from top investors including a16z and Y Combinator, along with founders and CTOs from companies like GitHub, Segment, Lookout, and Fly.io.

About the Role

We are looking for a top performing backend engineer that loves coding with Rust. You will get to solve interesting problems and technical challenges. We move fast, and speed of execution is one of our core values. We are obsessed with providing a great developer experience, and you will be expected to share this obsession.

If you are a top performer who wants to do the best job of their life surrounded by others doing the same, this is the place for you.

Mission

We are looking for a backend engineer with Rust experience to build performant message delivery at scale. You will get to solve interesting problems and technical challenges. We move fast, and speed of execution is one of our core values. We are obsessed with providing a great developer experience, and you will be expected to share this obsession.

Outcomes

Deploy high quality production code in a fast-paced environment.
Help the team scale the product while ensuring stability and high availability.
Build new features while providing a great developer experience for our customers.

Competencies

Be a top performing and passionate engineer looking to do great work.
Experience building production services with Rust.
Be a clear communicator that is great to work with.
Be obsessed with providing a great developer experience.
Nice to have:

General guidelines

We like candidates with varied backgrounds - don't be shy, apply!
Hackers/OSS devs welcome, even without extensive work history. Checkout our OSS repo on Github.
Please include a few words on why you'd like to work at Svix.
All roles are full-time - no students or part-time.

Relevant archetypes

Apply on Y Combinator

Company info

Svix

Webhooks as a service

The enterprise ready webhooks sending service. ▶︎ WHO IS SVIX FOR Companies large and small looking to start sending webhooks or improve their existing webhooks sending system. Webhooks increase the usefulness and stickiness of your service, by letting your customers build integrations and workflow automations on top of it. We work with companies of all sizes, and power the webhooks of 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘅, 𝗟𝗼𝗯, 𝗟𝗧𝗦𝗘, 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗸, 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿 and many others. ▶︎ HERE'S WHAT WE DO Webhooks are a pain. Developers need to worry about deliverability, retries, monitoring and security. Svix lets you build a state-of-the-art webhooks solution in minutes so you can focus on your business. ▶︎ WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING “Adding Svix to the mix was definitely the right decision for us. In addition to happy customers, our engineers have their evenings back.“ — 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻, 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗯 “I very much appreciate how much time Svix saved us. We were able to get a webh

Private company YC W21

Founded2021

HQSan Francisco, United States