Rust Engineer

TL;DR

Rust Engineer: Evolving core systems that power editing, navigation, and large codebases with an accent on performance and correctness. Focus on improving real-time collaboration infrastructure built on CRDTs, designing editor data structures and indexes that update incrementally as code changes.

Location: Remote (American or European time zones)

Company

hirify.global is building AI systems that operate inside the environment of software development.

What you will do

• Evolving the core systems that power editing, navigation, and large codebases.
• Improving hirify.global’s real-time collaboration infrastructure built on CRDTs.
• Designing editor data structures and indexes that update incrementally as code changes.
• Identifying and eliminating performance regressions across rendering, input handling, and editor state.
• Extending hirify.global across macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Rust.
• Experience building production systems software.
• Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and systems design.
• Strong debugging skills across complex systems.
• Interest in developer tools or programming environments.
• Comfort incorporating AI tools into your development workflow.

Nice to have

• Editors, compilers, language servers, or developer tools.
• Real-time collaborative systems.
• GPU or rendering systems.
• Performance-sensitive software.
• Cross-platform desktop development.

Culture & Benefits

• Open source and built in public by the team behind Atom and Tree-sitter.
• Multiplayer by default, allowing developers to work together in the same codebase in real time.
• Improvements are shipped weekly and work closely with a community.