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Senior Backend Engineer (Rust)
PetsApp
- London, England, United Kingdom
- London, England, United Kingdom
About
As AI agents become more capable at writing code, developers are spending more of their time planning and reviewing what those agents produce. Vibe Kanban helps them do exactly that, seamlessly integrating with leading coding agents like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex.
Thousands of engineers, from early-stage startups to large regulated enterprises, use Vibe Kanban every day.
We’re a small, talent-dense, and relentlessly driven team.
What you’ll do
Own significant parts of the backend, from architecture to polish
Shape design and product decisions alongside the founders
Push performance, reliability, and code quality
Experiment to find out how AI coding tools integrate best with backend workflows
Build features that span local → cloud execution
Who we’re looking for Ideally you’re full-stack, with particular experience on the backend.
You should have enough experience to hold opinions about architecture and design when building complex systems. Ours is complex because, for example:
Agent chat threads, code, and other data must sync in real time
Users live inside Vibe Kanban, it’s a power tool that must feel effortless
It’s both information and function dense
You should be completely confident in your backend ability. This is the chance to exercise your talent and perform your life’s work.
Particular areas of expertise we’re prioritising:
Expert proficiency in Rust
Experience writing highly concurrent systems
Knowledge or and/or experience writing efficient data storage structures
(Bonus) Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, Azure
Our stack
Rust
Sqlite & Postgres
Axum + Websockets
Open Source
Other details
You must live within a 45-minute commute of Farringdon Station, or be willing to move after probation
You should be as excited about working five days a week in person as we are
You must be able to play darts
We are not interviewing remote candidates
Lunch Deliveroo'd every day, private healthcare, travel to hackathons and events
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Languages
- English
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