Backend Engineer, Data Acquisition (Rust, Remote)
Summary
At Lighthouse in Barcelona, this backend engineer designs and builds high-performance data acquisition systems, mainly in Rust, that crawl the web and collect billions of data points — working across HTTP stacks, proxies, and browser tooling to support a crawling platform with 85,000+ users.
Lighthouse is seeking a Backend Engineer focused on data acquisition to design and develop high-performance systems mainly in Rust that collect billions of data points from the web. You will work where backend engineering meets the web, including HTTP stacks, proxies and browser tooling.
You will own the quality of your code, partner with crawler engineers, DevOps and Security, and contribute to a scalable, secure crawling platform used by 85,000+ users worldwide.