One position · Finland or Sweden · Remote-first · Rust in production, not on the roadmap
You've spent years getting good at Rust. You've also spent years explaining to employers why it matters, or writing it in a corner of a codebase nobody else touches.
Here it's the whole codebase. The gateway, the policy engine, the security pipeline. All of it.
Roder is an AI security and governance platform: a high-performance Layer 7 gateway that sits between organizations and every AI model and agent they use. Real-time threat detection, prompt injection prevention, identity and access control, data sovereignty enforcement, full audit trails. The security layer enterprises need before they can trust AI at scale.
The entire backend is Rust. Not a rewrite project, not an experiment. It's what runs in production for regulated European customers today, and it's what you'll own.
The Role in a Nutshell
- Permanent position, starting as soon as we find the right person
- Remote-first, work from anywhere in Finland or Sweden. We meet in person occasionally, not constantly. When we do, we expect you there.
- Lead-level ownership. You'll shape the Rust architecture, set the standard for the codebase, and mentor engineers who join after you. If you want the lead title and the responsibility that comes with it, it's here. If you'd rather be a deep senior IC without the title, that works too.
- Salary, competitive and based on experience.
- Equity. Every employee joins our stock option program after settling into their role.
What You'll Be Working On
- Owning and evolving our Rust backend: a cargo workspace powering a high-throughput, low-latency AI security gateway in production
- Performance-critical proxy work: async Rust, Layer 7 routing, streaming, connection handling, multi-provider AI routing, rate limiting
- Security engineering in the hot path: prompt injection detection, PII scanning, policy enforcement, output filtering, all under strict latency budgets
- Protocol work: MCP, OAuth/OIDC, token binding, agent identity
- Setting engineering standards: code review culture, API design, testing strategy, how we structure the workspace as the team grows
- Driving our agentic development practices
Who You Are
You must have:
- Strong production Rust experience. You've shipped and operated real Rust systems, not just side projects. You know async Rust, you have opinions about error handling, and you can explain a design tradeoff without reaching for a framework's defaults.
- Proven senior-level engineering experience overall.
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals: proxies, gateways, API security, protocols
- Comfort with Kubernetes and containerized deployment
- EU residency and eligibility to work in Finland or Sweden
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Stock option program
- Dedicated time for learning, R&D, and personal development
- Company laptop, external monitor, company phone, internet covered, health services
