OleOle
Sports
SeniorRustBackendEngineer–DistributedSystems
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“Senior Rust Backend Engineer – Distributed Systems at OleOle. Skills: Rust, Backend Architecture, Distributed Systems, System Design, Scalability, PostgreSQL. Designing and owning core backend architecture in Rust (async-first). Defining service boundaries, data ownership, and evolution strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Build foundational infrastructure; Shape the backend team; Build a decentralized social network and messaging platform; Disrupt the global sports ecosystem; Empower fans, clubs, and brands to connect, transact, and create; Build a super app for sports; Develop a short-form video system; Build a football history data engine; Generate fast, search-optimized pages at scale
Industry & Context.
Understand what breaks at scale and how to prevent it; Technical judgment; Know when simplicity is the better solution; Creative problem solver; Ability to adapt; 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; Exceptional entrepreneurial judgment that fosters independence over micro-management
Requires some travel
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7–12+ years of professional backend engineering experience, Proven ownership of backend systems in production, Strong, real-world Rust experience (async systems, not experiments), Deep understanding of PostgreSQL data modeling and performance, Experience designing APIs and explaining tradeoffs clearly, Experience building or evolving systems that had to scale, Ability to reason about architecture without hiding behind buzzwords, 4+ years of experience working in Rust in production environments, experience designing modern, scalable backend architectures from scratch — including authentication, real-time messaging, microservices, APIs, caching, and database design, Comfortable working without product managers, defining scope, and leading engineering direction
Nice to Have
Experience with real-time systems (feeds, messaging, streaming), Experience with high-write or high-fanout workloads, ETL / data pipelines, Media or video delivery systems, Token, wallet, or crypto-adjacent systems (non-blockchain core), Experience with WebAssembly, gRPC, or GraphQL is a plus, Passion for decentralization, crypto, Web3, and building products that empower users, Bonus: experience with blockchain integration, tokenomics, or building in no-fee marketplaces, Understanding of football and international sports a huge plus
What You'll Do.
Designing and owning core backend architecture in Rust (async-first)
Defining service boundaries
and evolution strategy
Designing scalable APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) for mobile and web clients
Modeling and operating PostgreSQL as a long-term source of truth
Architecting real-time systems (feeds
event-driven workflows)
Making tradeoffs around consistency
Working with DevOps while retaining backend architectural authority
Reviewing critical code paths and preventing premature complexity
Helping shape the backend team as the company grows
Lead the development of our short-form video system
Lead the build-out of our football history data engine
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working with DevOps
Communication Scope
Explain architectural decisions and tradeoffs clearly
Process & Methodology
Defining scope, Leading engineering direction
Full Job Description
We are pausing travoom to focus on oleolesport.com OleOle is developing a completely free social network and messaging platform for football (Soccer), sports first super app. The primary revenue model will be gambling focused on in match play. A completely different model than the existing leaders , we are using the Stake.com blockchain strategy. ecoomerce similar to WeChat will also drive significant revenue. we intend to operate our own crypto marketplace are own NFT marketplace not to mention the mini program marketplace. Lots of good technology out there owned by startups that are out of cash and lack enough users to make it on their own. OleOle Who We Are OleOle is building a decentralized social network and messaging platform for global football fans — think Twitter + WhatsApp + TikTok + theScore + WeChat, built natively using Rust , WebAssembly, and blockchain-compatible architecture. Our mission is to disrupt the global sports ecosystem by empowering fans, clubs, and brands to connect, transact, and create — all without middlemen. From football content to commerce, ticketing, gaming, NFTs, and crypto betting — we’re building a super app for sports. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a founding engineer at a startup aiming to reshape how sports communities engage digitally — from the Champions League to the World Cup. What we do... oleolesport.com empowers people to identify football experience and without any search requirements, simply presents the traveler with vetted components necessary to bring the trip to life -- tickets, lodging, flights and beyond. And we are building a football super app. Why we are better... oleolesport.com’s searchless travel approach means a soccer/football experience can be discovered, planned and purchased in a matter of minutes without the endless search-driven lunacy and inefficiency that comes with all travel planning. There isnt a sports social network, oh some claim to be however they lack even the slightest un
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