Rust backend architect Engineer – Twitter/X Style Infrastructure

Company Description

OleOle

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 ecosystem focused entirely on football.

The vision is to create the first true “WeChat for football” — a platform where fans, clubs, brands, leagues, sportsbooks, creators, and merchants can communicate, transact, and engage directly inside one global environment.

Unlike traditional social media platforms, OleOle is built specifically for sports fans and designed around communication, real-time engagement, commerce, and community.

The platform combines elements of:

• Twitter/X style social conversation
• TikTok-style short-form video
• WhatsApp-style messaging
• live score platforms
• programmable commerce
• mini program ecosystems similar to WeChat

All integrated into a single football-first platform.

Core Platform Vision

OleOle is designed around several key ideas:

Communication First

Fans can communicate directly with:

• clubs
• brands
• sportsbooks
• creators
• media companies
• other fans

through follows, messaging, sharing, comments, and real-time translated conversations.

Mini Program Ecosystem

OleOle is building a mini program platform that allows brands and partners to launch experiences directly inside the platform without requiring fans to download separate applications.

Initial mini program categories include:

• Games
• News
• Merchandise
• Ticket Sales
• VIP Hospitality
• Gambling

Fans can:

• follow or unfollow mini programs
• communicate directly with brands
• share mini programs with friends
• receive translated content automatically

Brands can communicate directly with followers within platform communication limits designed to prevent spam and preserve user experience.

Real-Time Translation

A core component of the platform is AI-driven real-time translation across conversations, content, video, messaging, and mini programs.

The goal is to remove language barriers between global football fans and allow mini programs to operate across dozens of languages automatically.

This creates a global communication layer connecting fans, clubs, brands, and creators worldwide.

Wallet + Payments Infrastructure

OleOle includes an integrated Wallet ID and payment infrastructure powering:

• commerce
• rewards
• gambling
• digital collectibles
• mini program transactions
• creator payouts

The platform is designed around programmable commerce and frictionless fan engagement.

Technology Stack

OleOle is being built as a native Rust platform focused on:

• scalability
• performance
• real-time communication
• low-latency systems
• global infrastructure
• payments
• social engagement
• video delivery

The company is also building:

• AI translation systems
• football history AI infrastructure
• developer platforms
• mini program tooling
• programmable payment rails

The Long-Term Vision

OleOle’s long-term vision is to become the global operating system for football fans:

• social networking
• communication
• commerce
• gaming
• gambling
• content
• ticketing
• rewards
• programmable fan experiences

all inside one interconnected ecosystem.

OleOle – Where Fans Kick Off

Job Description

Senior Rust Engineer – Microblogging & Social 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 core microblogging and social feed infrastructure powering the platform.

This role is focused specifically on:

• social feeds
• timelines
• follows
• fan conversations
• repost systems
• engagement systems
• notifications
• trending systems
• real-time communication
• scalable social infrastructure

This is not a generic backend role.

The platform combines elements of:

• Twitter/X
• Bluesky
• Reddit
• WhatsApp
• live score systems
• real-time translated communication

inside a football-focused ecosystem.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable social feed infrastructure
• Architect timeline and follow systems
• Build real-time fan conversation infrastructure
• Design notification and engagement systems
• Help architect distributed event-driven systems
• Build scalable APIs for social interaction
• Work on moderation and communication infrastructure
• Help optimize systems for global scale and low latency
• Collaborate with frontend, mobile, AI, and platform engineers

Technical Environment

OleOle is being built primarily in Rust.

Rust is a critical requirement for this role due to:

• scale
• concurrency
• performance
• low-latency communication
• real-time interaction requirements

The platform architecture is expected to include:

• Rust backend services
• distributed systems
• real-time messaging infrastructure
• event-driven architecture
• scalable APIs
• social graph systems
• notification infrastructure
• AI translation systems
• high-scale communication 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 translated communication between football fans globally.

Fans should be able to:

• follow clubs and countries
• communicate globally without language barriers
• engage in live conversations
• share content socially
• receive real-time notifications and updates

Qualifications

Required Technical Experience

• Strong Rust backend engineering experience
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems
• Experience building high-scale APIs
• Experience with event-driven architecture
• Experience building real-time systems
• Strong understanding of concurrency and low-latency infrastructure
• Experience designing scalable communication systems
• Experience working with high-volume user engagement platforms
• Strong understanding of backend performance optimization

Preferred Experience

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

• Social feed infrastructure
• Timeline systems
• Follow/follower systems
• Notification systems
• Social graph infrastructure
• Messaging systems
• Real-time communication platforms
• Distributed event systems
• Trending or recommendation systems
• Moderation infrastructure
• Large-scale consumer platforms
• High-concurrency backend systems

Ideal Backgrounds

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

• Twitter/X
• Bluesky
• Reddit
• Discord
• Mastodon
• Twitch chat systems
• real-time messaging infrastructure
• large-scale social engagement systems

Additional Preferred Skills

• Experience with WebSockets or real-time streaming systems
• 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 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

Compensation

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

Additional Information

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!