Senior Software Engineer, Rust

Robotics will have a massive positive impact on the world economy and global human productivity over the coming decade. At Foxglove, we're excited for this future, and we're building powerful open source and commercial tools to accelerate it.We're an experienced team of independent thinkers, with a passion for creating high quality products. We're looking for self-motivated and fast-learning individuals to join our mission.About the roleFoxglove is a robotics observability and visualization platform. We manage and provide access to large amounts of data across both our hosted platform and customer sites.We’re seeking a highly skilled product and Rust focused Software Engineer with professional experience delivering streaming and analytic workloads for robotics data. You’ll work with other engineers to design and develop our backend services, data processing pipelines, and interfaces.LocationFoxglove is a remote-friendly company, with employees spread across many locations. We meet daily to connect socially, brainstorm, and share progress.For this position, we're looking for someone within 3 hours of Australian Eastern Time with the ability to overlap 3+ hours with Pacific Time Zone (US).Key ResponsibilitiesIngesting massive volumes of sensor data through both batch and realtime offloadProviding low-latency random-access (in device, time, sensors) playback over massive volumes of live or recorded dataMulti-cloud architecture (we deploy in customer cloud accounts across GCP/AWS/Azure)Offloading data from remote devices in network constrained environmentsBuilding systems to manage petabytes of multi-modal data reliably and efficientlyOur technical stack includes:Ingestion, streaming, and other compute services in Rust and TypescriptPostgreSQLManaged Kubernetes environments in GCPCustomer deployments in Azure and AWSEndpoint software on customer robots written in RustWhat we're looking for6+ years experience writing production software2+ years experience using Rust professionallyExperience writing highly performant, memory-efficient codeExperience with binary data serialization or network communication protocolsExperience shipping software in network-constrained environmentsPassion for building technical tools with engineers as the primary usersComfortable participating in on-call rotationsExcellent written & verbal communication skillsAbility to thrive in a fast-paced, small team environmentBonus points:Experience in robotics or autonomous vehiclesExperience with public cloud services such as AWS, GCP, Azure, and/or KubernetesWhat we offerWork remotely$400 AUD monthly remote budget to build your personal workspaceCompetitive equity grant in a Series B company4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter breakAll expenses paid company off-sites 1-2× per yearWhy Join UsImpact: Own growth at a fast-growing, high-leverage moment for the company.Mission: Accelerate the development of the next generation of robotics and embodied AI.Team: Work with world-class engineers, designers, and researchers passionate about open-source and developer tools.Ownership: Drive initiatives end-to-end, with high autonomy and visibility.

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