ArtCraft
Backend Engineer (Rust, MySQL) | Remote (Global) / Onsite (SF Bay Area and Atlanta, Georgia)
hn · Backend Engineer (Rust, MySQL)
Jose has strong systems engineering experience, distributed systems background, and proven ability to own full-stack infrastructure at scale. However, he lacks demonstrated Rust expertise (CV shows Python, TypeScript, Go but no Rust production work) and MySQL/SQL database specialization. His background is heavily AI/LLM focused rather than creative tools or inference infrastructure, which is a domain shift from ArtCraft's needs.
Hook: Your experience architecting real-time systems at scale and building production infrastructure with PostgreSQL and Docker shows you can handle complex backend challenges, but you'll need to ramp up on Rust and MySQL to be fully competitive for this role.
Missing: Rust production experience, MySQL specialization, Creative tools/AI art domain knowledge, Actix Web framework experience, Desktop app development (Tauri/Bevy)
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ArtCraft | Backend Engineer (Rust, MySQL) | Remote (Global) / Onsite (SF Bay Area and Atlanta, Georgia) | https://github.com/storytold/artcraft | https://getartcraft.com We’re experienced artists and engineers building source available controllable AI for artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creatives. Many of the top artists in the expanding AI art industry use our tools. We’re building this for them as much as for ourselves. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzvQMdg66Go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdsKJl92H4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKKszcS6R0s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqoCWdOwr2U As a part of our work, we’re also building open source routing, model hosting, and model inference utilities. Our services and desktop app are written in Rust. We currently use Tauri, but we’re interested in building a fully-native UX in Bevy. Our services use Actix Web and SQLx, and it’s preferable if you have experience with distributed systems. Strong need for Rust + MySQL + Backend experience. We leverage Claude Code extensively, but we still want meticulously maintainable, human readable/editable code. Email me: brandon@storyteller.ai