Footprint
Member of Technical Staff (Backend, Rust)
$180K–$260K
New York City +1 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 4, 2026
- Location
- New York City
San Francisco - Experience
- 4+ years designing, building, and operating backend systems under real load.
About the job
Build and operate Rust backend services for Footprint’s identity verification platform and Percy, its agentic fraud-investigation product.
What you'll do
- Design APIs and services for verification, vaulting, and Percy investigations.
- Own product areas end to end, from data modeling and architecture through deployment.
- Set and defend the correctness, reliability, and security of production systems.
What they ask for
- 4+ years designing, building, and operating backend systems under real load.
- Have shipped and operated an API used by engineers on other teams or outside the company, including handling compatibility changes.
- Prioritize privacy, security, and trust in system design; reason clearly about tradeoffs and failure modes.
- Have owned a production service, including being on call for it.
Nice to have
- Production Rust experience, or deep systems experience and a strong desire to learn Rust.
- Experience in cryptography or systems security, external developer APIs or SDKs, or KYC and identity verification.
Pay
$180K – $260K USD base salary
Tools
Rust, Python, Postgres, Pulumi, AWS
AI focus
Build and shape Percy’s agentic fraud-investigation services, including agent memory and self-improving agents.
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