Rust Engineer

About Zed Industries:

Zed Industries is a cutting-edge software company dedicated to revolutionizing the developer experience. Founded by a team of passionate developers, Zed builds a next-generation code editor that is engineered from scratch in Rust to be fast, elegant, and collaborative. Their flagship product, Zed, is a code editor that integrates advanced AI capabilities, enabling developers to write, transform, and analyze code with unprecedented efficiency.

About The Role:

We're looking for a Rust Engineer with a strong systems programming background to help shape the future of software development. You'll apply your expertise to build and improve features that directly impact developers' daily work, joining one of two teams at Zed: the Core team (crafting the foundation) or the AI team (integrating AI into Zed). In either team, you'll work on a new kind of desktop application using Zed's custom UI framework, GPUI, enabling you to create fluid, responsive interfaces that blend the performance of native apps with the flexibility of web technologies.

Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement new features for Zed that enhance developer productivity
- Collaborate with designers and engineers to create intuitive user interfaces
- Solve complex product challenges, drawing on your systems programming background when needed
- Contribute to architectural decisions that shape Zed's future
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
- Participate in code reviews and collaborate with teammates and community members in real time
- Help improve our development processes and tooling
- Optimize performance and user experience where necessary

Required Skills and Ideal Candidate:
- Strong proficiency in Rust
- Experience developing production-grade software
- Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Strong product sense and user-centric design approach
- Self-directed work ethic and ability to operate autonomously
- Excellent communication skills for remote collaboration
- Willingness to work on both backend and frontend aspects of the application
- Enthusiasm for pair programming, including several hours weekly in Zed

Bonus Qualifications:
- Desktop application development experience
- Familiarity with language servers, compilers, or other developer tools
- Background in building real-time collaborative systems
- Experience with AI integration in user-facing applications
- Knowledge of cross-platform development challenges
- Experience working on product code, front-end, or full-stack development

Join us in revolutionizing the development experience. Your expertise could drive Zed's next game-changing feature, whether it's enhancing the core editor or integrating new AI capabilities. Zed Industries offers a remote-first culture with opportunities for collaboration in Boulder, Colorado, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of developer tools.