Senior Backend Engineer – TikTok-Style Video Infrastructure (Rust)

Senior Rust Engineer – Short-Form Video Feed Infrastructure

OleOle is building a global football super app combining social networking, messaging, live scores, short-form video, gambling, commerce, payments, translation, and mini programs into a single platform focused entirely on football fans worldwide.

We are looking for a senior Rust engineer to help architect and build the short-form video infrastructure powering the platform.

This role is focused specifically on:

• TikTok-style video feeds
• video ingestion pipelines
• transcoding systems
• media delivery infrastructure
• playback optimization
• recommendation and engagement systems
• upload systems
• scalable video APIs
• CDN and streaming optimization
• real-time media infrastructure

This is not a generic backend role.

The platform combines elements of:

• TikTok
• Instagram Reels
• YouTube Shorts
• live football content
• social engagement
• real-time translated communication

inside a football-focused ecosystem.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable short-form video infrastructure
• Architect video ingestion and transcoding pipelines
• Optimize playback performance across mobile and web
• Design scalable media delivery systems
• Build APIs supporting high-volume video engagement
• Help architect recommendation and engagement systems
• Work on low-latency media infrastructure
• Collaborate with frontend, mobile, AI, and platform engineers
• Help optimize infrastructure for global fan engagement at scale

Technical Environment

OleOle is being built primarily in Rust.

Rust is a critical requirement for this role due to:

• performance
• concurrency
• media pipeline efficiency
• scalability
• low-latency infrastructure
• high-volume content delivery requirements

The platform architecture is expected to include:

• Rust backend services
• distributed media infrastructure
• scalable upload pipelines
• transcoding systems
• real-time streaming infrastructure
• CDN optimization
• event-driven systems
• recommendation infrastructure
• AI translation systems
• high-scale engagement systems

What We’re Building

OleOle’s vision is to become the global operating system for football fans.

The platform combines:

• social networking
• messaging
• short-form video
• live scores
• gambling
• commerce
• mini programs
• AI translation
• football history AI

inside one interconnected ecosystem.

A major focus of the platform is real-time fan engagement through video, social interaction, and globally translated content.

Fans should be able to:

• upload and share football content instantly
• consume short-form football video globally
• interact socially around matches and clubs
• receive translated video content and engagement
• participate in football conversations in real time

Ideal Backgrounds

This role may be a strong fit for engineers with experience related to:

• TikTok
• YouTube
• Twitch
• Instagram Reels
• video streaming platforms
• media infrastructure
• large-scale content delivery systems
• real-time streaming systems

Compensation

Compensation is currently deferred until funding closes. Equity and token participation may be available for the right candidate.

OleOle – Where Fans Kick Off

Qualifications – Senior Rust Engineer – Short-Form Video Feed Infrastructure

Required Technical Experience

• Strong Rust backend engineering experience
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems
• Experience building high-scale APIs
• Experience with media or video infrastructure
• Experience working with real-time systems
• Strong understanding of concurrency and low-latency infrastructure
• Experience building scalable content delivery systems
• Experience optimizing backend performance for high-volume traffic
• Strong understanding of scalable media pipelines

Preferred Experience

Experience with one or more of the following is highly preferred:

• Video ingestion pipelines
• Video transcoding systems
• Streaming infrastructure
• CDN optimization
• Short-form video feed systems
• Recommendation or engagement systems
• Real-time media delivery
• Upload and processing pipelines
• Distributed event systems
• Large-scale consumer platforms
• High-concurrency backend systems

Ideal Backgrounds

This role may be a strong fit for engineers with experience related to:

• TikTok
• YouTube
• Twitch
• Instagram Reels
• media delivery infrastructure
• streaming platforms
• scalable video systems
• real-time content delivery systems

Additional Preferred Skills

• Experience with FFmpeg or media processing pipelines
• Experience with WebRTC or streaming technologies
• Experience with scalable caching systems
• Experience with distributed databases
• Experience with pub/sub infrastructure
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure
• Experience building globally distributed systems
• Experience with recommendation systems or engagement ranking
• Experience with AI-assisted moderation or translation systems
• Experience working in startup environments
• Interest in sports, football, or fan engagement products

Soft Skills

• Strong product thinking
• Ability to work independently in an early-stage startup environment
• Comfortable helping shape architecture from the ground up
• Comfortable operating with evolving product requirements
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Interest in ambitious long-term platform design

Solutions not problems .

• Creative problem solver who can courageously propose and support new ideas to our organization. Not interested in best practices, lets build something better!
• Ability to adapt. An ideal candidate will welcome the opportunity to solve a broad range of problems using a wide array of technologies.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities and general growing pains of an early-stage technology company
• An exceptional entrepreneurial judgment that fosters independence over micro-management
• Understanding of football and international sports a huge plus

 

Ole Ole is located in beautiful Austin Texas, however, this role requires some travel we are privately held and rapidly growing!