Remote Senior Rust API Engineer

Description:

• DroneSense offers a drone software platform tailored for the unique needs of the public safety market.
• The platform equips First Responders with a complete tool set that expands situational awareness and acts as a force multiplier.
• The mission-critical platform addresses challenges of scale and operational deployment across organizations, ultimately leading to more saved lives.
• Drones are revolutionizing how First Responders carry out their missions, and DroneSense aims to be an integral part of this evolution in public safety.
• The company culture is founded on core values that emphasize teamwork, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• The team seeks individuals who view problems as opportunities, possess a growth mindset, and are willing to challenge the status quo.
• The primary responsibilities of the role include creating and enhancing RESTful, WebSocket, and MQTT based APIs using Rust, migrating existing APIs from C# to Rust, integrating with 3rd party cloud services, following and evolving Rust development best practices, and flying drones to test and validate API changes and integrations.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 4+ years of experience with Rust.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in building customer/partner facing APIs is required.
• Experience with some or all of the following technologies is necessary: Async Rust, Tokio, Axum, Tungstenite, and WebSockets.
• Familiarity with mTLS, API Keys, or other connection authentication approaches is essential.
• The ability to work well within a team while managing individual projects is required.
• Candidates should be excited to work with drones, robotics, and first responders.

Benefits:

• The position offers competitive base pay and stock options.
• Employees receive medical, dental, and vision coverage, including a medical plan with 100% employee-covered premium.
• The company provides paid life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage.
• Medical FSA and Dependent Care Account options are available.
• A 401(k) plan is offered to employees.
• Employees can work from home and enjoy paid flexible time off and paid sick time.
• The company covers the costs for Part 107 Pilot Training and License.