Senior Rust Developer

Wallarm AI/API Management Platform Founding Engineer

Since 2016, Wallarm has been on a mission to secure the internet's critical infrastructure: APIs. Today, we are the trusted choice for over 200 of the world's most innovative companies, from high-growth startups to Fortune 500 and Nasdaq leaders. Our unified platform provides full-lifecycle API security — helping teams discover their attack surface, protect against modern threats, and respond to incidents in real-time. As a graduate of Y Combinator and fueled by a recent $55M Series C, we are scaling our global, remote-first team of 180+ innovators to solve the next generation of security challenges.

About This Opportunity

We're launching an internal startup: a high-performing AI/API Management Platform on Rust. We're looking for a founding engineer who will work directly with the founder and product owner to build the first production-ready version of the product.

The key point: we already have our first customer. The near-term goal is to deliver the first production-ready version and successfully roll it out to the client. After that, we'll spin this into a standalone product with a dedicated team — and you'd have a real path to leading that team.

In 2026 we want to build the best AI/API gateway for the enterprise segment while entering the mid-market and appear in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management as a Visionary.

What You'll Do

• Own End-to-End Application Development: Take full, end-to-end responsibility for designing, developing, and deploying the new high-performing API Management Platform in Rust, ensuring it is robust and scalable from its first line of code to production.

• Establish Production Readiness: Implement and manage the CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure required to move the application to a production-ready state, utilizing our cloud-native environment (Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform).

• Ensure Operational Excellence: Develop deep observability and monitoring, and take primary ownership of troubleshooting and resolving production issues to maintain peak performance and reliability for our initial customer and beyond.

• Drive Team Growth and Culture: Serve as a founding engineer, contributing to architectural decisions, conducting thoughtful code reviews, and laying the groundwork to eventually lead the dedicated product team.

Job Requirements

We're Looking For:

• Strong Rust experience (systems, performance, reliability).

• A Strong Backend Generalist: You bring 5+ years of overall software development experience with a deep understanding of backend systems, architecture, and design patterns.

• A founder mindset and comfort operating in "startup mode".

• Champion in using Claude Code and other AI tools to accelerate development/testing (not just experimentation).

• DevOps knowledge (Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, CI/CD).

• Experience with Scale: You have proven experience working on high-load, distributed systems where performance and reliability are critical.

• A Collaborative Team Player: You thrive in a remote-first environment and communicate clearly and effectively.

Why You'll Love Working At Wallarm

• Mission That Matters: Your code will directly protect the world's leading companies—from Fortune 500s to innovative startups—making the internet a safer place.

• Remote-First & Asynchronous Culture: Join a globally distributed team across 20+ countries where we trust you to deliver. We prioritize asynchronous communication and offer genuine schedule flexibility, allowing you to work when and where you are most productive.

• Engineering Challenges: Tackle complex problems at a massive scale. You'll be architecting solutions at the cutting edge of API security, distributed systems, and high-load data processing.

• Comprehensive Benefits: We offer a wide range of benefits to cover your expenses, provide unlimited paid time off, and supply high-quality equipment necessary for your success.