Travoom is the marketplace for bucket list travel experiences.
Senior Backend Engineer, Rust
Location
Texas
Posted
132 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer, Rust
Travoom
• Backend services in Rust (non-blockchain; token experience a plus) • Designing and implementing APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) • Building and maintaining PostgreSQL data stores • Deploying and scaling systems on AWS • Participating in the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): requirements, design, coding, testing (unit, integration, end-to-end), and release • Optional projects: ETL/ELT data pipelines, large-scale video processing/storage/serving on AWS
Job Requirements
- 7-10+ years of software engineering experience (preferably at early-stage startups or high-growth platforms)
- 4+ years of experience working in Rust in production environments, ideally on scalable web or blockchain-native backends
- Strong experience designing modern, scalable backend architectures from scratch — including authentication, real-time messaging, microservices, APIs, caching, and database design
- Proficiency with Rust frameworks like Actix, Axum, Tokio, or Rocket
- Experience with WebAssembly, gRPC, or GraphQL is a plus
- Passion for decentralization, crypto, Web3, and building products that empower users
- Comfortable working without product managers, defining scope, and leading engineering direction
- Bonus: experience with blockchain integration, tokenomics, or building in no-fee marketplaces
Benefits
- Founding engineer-level equity and token allocation
- Deferred salary until funding is secured
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