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Rust Engineer

Stott and May
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 4/15/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/14/2025

Founding Rust Engineer: $200k - $250k Equity



We're currently partnered with a cutting-edge, open-source AI startup in Williamsburg that’s pioneering how LLM applications are optimized. They currently have a team of x4 and are looking to hire an additional x4 founding engineers!


Here’s a quick overview:


💼 Role: Founding Member of Technical Staff - Backend

⚙️ Tech Stack: Rust

🌎 Location: In-person, Williamsburg, NYC

💻 Company: Open-source AI startup creating a feedback loop to make LLMs smarter, faster, and more cost-effective

💰 Compensation: $200k - $250k equity


This startup is led by two impressive founders:


  • CEO: Former Chief Product Officer at a FinTech startup (valued at $10B ) with extensive experience consulting on machine learning for startups and leading financial firms. He holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from Stanford.
  • CTO: Holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon with a focus on reinforcement learning for LLMs and nuclear fusion. Previously worked in ML at a fintech startup. He also has a BS in mathematics and an MS in computer science from Stanford.


They recently raised over $7M in funding from top-tier investors like FirstMark (backed ClickHouse), Bessemer (backed Anthropic), and Bedrock (backed OpenAI), and have years of runway to focus entirely on open source.

Salary : $200,000 - $250,000

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