Junior Rust Software Engineer (Onsite -- Hicksville NY))

Education: If you did your undergrad in India, save your time and DO NOT APPLY

You will have to submit a W-9 when hired, no OPT, W-8, or other types of sponsorship

Junior Rust Software Engineer (Onsite)

Client:

Confidential Startup Client (through NextGen Coding Company)

Location:

Hicksville, NY

Schedule:

40 hours/week, Monday–Friday

Work Arrangement:

Primarily onsite. Hybrid or remote may be considered after demonstrated performance.

Employment Type:

Full-Time (Contract-to-Hire Potential)

Compensation

Performance-based compensation with structured growth:

• Month 1 (Trial):

$3,000/month

• Month 2:

$5,000/month

• Month 3:

$6,000/month

• Month 4 and beyond:

$7,000/month

Compensation increases are based on performance, technical ability, reliability, and contribution to the team.

Junior Rust Software Engineer

A fast-growing startup is building the next generation of messaging and customer engagement software for the restaurant industry. The platform enables restaurants to communicate with customers through SMS, automate campaigns, manage conversations, and improve customer retention.

The engineering team is small, fast-moving, and highly collaborative. Every engineer contributes directly to product direction and ships production code regularly.

The company is seeking a motivated junior software engineer eager to learn Rust while building production software. Strong mentorship will be available, but candidates should enjoy solving difficult problems independently and moving quickly.

What You'll Build

• Restaurant text messaging platform
• Customer engagement tools
• Marketing automation features
• Internal operational systems
• Cloud-native backend services
• Modern web applications

Responsibilities

• Develop backend services using Rust
• Build and maintain frontend applications using Next.js and TypeScript
• Develop REST APIs and backend integrations
• Work with AWS infrastructure and cloud services
• Debug production issues and improve application performance
• Collaborate closely with founders and senior engineers
• Participate in product planning and feature discussions
• Write clean, maintainable production code
• Learn new technologies quickly and contribute across the stack

Required Qualifications

• 0–3 years of professional software development experience
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals
• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience with React or Next.js
• Familiarity with Git
• Basic understanding of REST APIs
• Basic understanding of SQL databases
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Willingness to learn Rust in a production environment
• Comfortable working in a startup where priorities change quickly

Preferred Experience

• Rust
• Next.js
• TypeScript
• AWS
• PostgreSQL
• Docker
• Linux
• CI/CD
• Messaging or communications platforms

Experience with Rust is a plus but not required. Candidates with strong engineering fundamentals and a willingness to learn are encouraged to apply.

Ideal Candidate

• Early in career and hungry to grow
• Enjoys building products from scratch
• Learns quickly
• Takes ownership without constant direction
• Comfortable wearing multiple hats
• Interested in startups
• Wants meaningful responsibility early in career
• Values shipping software over perfection

Work Environment

• Small engineering team
• Direct collaboration with founders
• Fast development cycles
• Real production ownership
• Opportunity to grow into a senior engineering role
• Primarily onsite to maximize collaboration and mentorship

Hybrid or remote flexibility may become available after demonstrated success.

Education \& Work Authorization

Education

If you completed your undergraduate degree in India,

please do not apply

.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

You will be required to submit a

W-9

upon engagement.

No OPT, CPT, W-8, visa sponsorship, or other sponsorship arrangements will be considered.

Application Requirements

Please include:

• Resume
• GitHub profile (preferred)
• LinkedIn profile
• Brief description of projects you've built
• Any Rust, Next.js, AWS, or personal projects (professional or personal)

Qualified candidates will complete a technical interview and code review before receiving an offer.