Lead Rust Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop deep expertise in healthcare subrogation and coordination of benefits (COB).
• Build production-grade backend services using Java and/or Rust.
• Set technical direction, establish programming standards, mentor engineers, and improve team maturity.
• Serve as the backend voice in cross-team planning and cross-functional execution.
• Lead adoption of Rust idioms, safety, and performance practices.
• Contribute to complex in-browser applications with extensible, scalable, and secure architectures.
• Balance customer-facing features with technical debt reduction.
• Architect and implement applications that apply machine learning techniques to large datasets.
• Design reliable, high-performing systems that work together effectively.
• Introduce and improve agentic engineering practices and workflows.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in backend programming; additional full-stack experience is highly desirable.
• Significant experience with Java or Scala; Rust experience is highly desired.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems on cloud services at scale, including high throughput and high availability.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Ability to write technical design documents and translate ambiguous product intent into concrete backend designs.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product management, machine learning/data science, and leadership teams.
• Pragmatic problem-solving skills and a systems-oriented approach.
• Hands-on experience with agentic engineering tools and workflows in production.
• Ability to understand complex code, own code quality, and improve existing systems.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills in a high-growth, high-stakes environment.
• Comfort working through complexity and defining paths forward.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

• Technical leadership in Rust best practices, including idioms, safety, and performance, across greenfield projects.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay range: $200,000 - $250,000.
• Meaningful equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• FSA/HSA.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Additional health and wellness benefits and perks.
• Flexible, trusting, digital-first work environment.