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Footprint · Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) | $180K-$260K + equity · Posted 12d ago

onsiteFull-timelead8+ yrs180000-260000 USD🇺🇸 United StatesEquity
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About the role

Join Footprint as a Rust Engineer, focusing on backend services and infrastructure for financial-crimes investigations. The role involves working with Rust, AWS, and PostgreSQL, and offers competitive compensation with equity options.

Full job description (as posted) ↓

Footprint | Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) | $180K-$260K + equity We build Percy, an agent that runs financial-crimes investigations for banks and fintechs. It clears false positives, escalates real risk, and writes the case narrative and audit record a regulator will read. Under it sits four years of identity infrastructure: verification, an AWS Nitro Enclave-backed vault for PII, and the APIs our customers call directly. The backend is Rust. We're hiring three Members of Technical Staff: - Backend: the Rust APIs and services behind verification, vaulting, and the checks Percy runs. Production Rust is ideal; deep systems experience plus a real wish to learn it also works. Crypto or systems-security background counts for a lot. - Infrastructure: own agent compute, isolation, deploys and observability across Rust services and long-running agents. Rust, Postgres/Aurora, AWS (ECS/Fargate), Pulumi/Terraform, Datadog, OpenTelemetry. - Security: protect identity data we vault on behalf of regulated banks and fintechs, and prove to auditors every step was done right. Small, senior team. Backed by QED, Index and BoxGroup. Customers include FDIC- and OCC-regulated banks plus Bilt, Nuvei and MoonPay. Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/footprint . I'm the recruiter and will answer questions in this thread.

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Why this role stands out

  • ★Pays more than 83% of comparable backend roles paid in USD in United States
  • ★Equity is part of the package
  • ★Early-stage startup — outsized ownership and impact

FAQ

Is the | Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) |… role at Footprint remote?+

This | Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) |… position is listed as onsite (Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) | $180K-$260K + equity).

What is the salary for the | Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) |… role at Footprint?+

The listing states 180000-260000 USD.

What seniority level is this | Rust Engineers (Backend, Infrastructure, Security) | New York, San Francisco | ONSITE | VISA (case by case) |… role?+

This is a lead level position.

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