Zed Industries · Remote, United States
SalaryNot listed
LocationRemote, United States
Job typeFull-time
WorkplaceRemote
Apply byDecember 12, 2026
Last verifiedNovember 12, 2026
About the role
Zed Industries is hiring a backend engineer to work on the cloud system behind the Zed editor. The role is remote in the US Eastern time zone. You would take new needs from scoping through rollout and ongoing operation, share ownership of the cloud system, and take part in on-call. The team builds in Rust. Production Rust experience is a plus but not required.
What you will do
- Take emerging needs from scoping through implementation, rollout and operation
- Share technical ownership of the cloud system and guide other engineers’ work
- Write and review code and investigate difficult bugs
- Weigh focused fixes against longer-term investments
- Help teammates work independently through better tests, interfaces and docs
- Join on-call and respond to incidents
What you need
- Experience owning backend services from design to production, including API and data-model decisions
- Experience provisioning, deploying and monitoring cloud infrastructure
- Experience leading projects that other engineers contributed to
- Comfort with varied backend problems and shifting priorities
- Willingness to build in Rust
Skills
Backend developmentRustCloud infrastructureAPIsData modellingIncident responseTechnical leadership
Benefits
The employer has not listed benefits.
Source and verification
Source: Zed careers page (zed.dev/jobs/backend-engineer). Last verified: November 12, 2026. JobShab summarizes this listing and links to the official application page.