RerunRE

Software Engineer (Rust) - Backend

Rerun is building the multimodal data stack for Physical AI, combining open-source visualization tools with a commercial database to help developers understand and work with complex data from robotics, autonomous vehicles, and spatial computing.

Rerun

Employee count: 11-50

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Help us build the multimodal data stack for physical AI

At Rerun, we’re building a new multimodal data stack for physical AI. Large parts of the physical-world economy will be transformed by these technologies, and we're building the data infrastructure and tools that enable it to happen. Data volumes grow big quickly with these applications and performance matters everywhere; from micro interactions to high throughput jobs.

With multimodal data stack we mean tools for extraction, ingestion, storage, querying, streaming, and visualization of temporal multimodal data. Rerun’s open source project is already loved by some of the best teams in the world, and focuses on visualizing and handling multimodal logs. You'll join a newly formed team building out Rerun's commercial offering for ingesting, indexing and querying multimodal data at scale.

What you'll work on

  • You will work on a cloud-native analytical database system built for multimodal (often time-series) data.

    • The system is built in Rust and makes extensive use of Apache Arrow. It supports specialised queries to handle robotics-style multimodal logs (very sparse and wide tables) and domain specific operators (e.g. related to 3D transforms).

      • Note: prior robotics knowledge is not necessary

  • You will design, implement and operate the core pieces that make sure this data-intensive system is highly scalable, reliable and observable.

We'd love it if you have

  • Experience with async Rust in production

  • A deep understanding of all the systems, layers, and abstractions sitting between your code and the hardware, and willingness to move across them.

  • Experience building highly scalable data-intensive systems

  • Comfort with concepts like query planning, push-down filtering, and query optimisation

  • Experience deploying and operating complex systems in the Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

  • Great communication skills in English - you'll be working in a tight-nit remote team

  • A helpful attitude and a curious mind with an ownership mindset - we're all doing this together!

Nice-To-Haves

  • Experience with Apache Arrow and Apache Datafusion

  • Experience with GPU workloads

  • Interest or experience in relevant domains like machine learning, robotics, AR/VR, or simulation

How we work at Rerun

  • We're a remote company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • We meet up in person for a week roughly once a quarter

  • The team you'll join has members in European and US-east timezones

    • Everyone is available for synchronous work between 1:30 and 5pm CET

  • We've put together an uncommonly talented tech team, value agency and helpfulness highly, and expect everyone to take broad responsibility for what they build

  • We offer competitive cash and equity compensation, six weeks paid vacation, and whatever hardware and software you need to do your job

Most of all we hope you're excited to build some really cool technology that will have a real impact on the world with us!

If you find that you don't fit neatly into this or any of the other open roles, we're not that rigid and are generally looking for great developers who can contribute to what we're building. Just go ahead and apply to the one you think is the closest and we'll take it from there!

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Mid-level

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About Rerun

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We're Rerun, and we're passionate about building the essential data infrastructure for the physical AI revolution. Founded in 2022 by Nikolaus West, Emil Ernerfeldt, and Moritz Schiebold, our mission is to empower developers working with robotics, autonomous vehicles, spatial computing, and other Physical AI applications. We understand that AI systems are increasingly interacting with the physical world, generating complex multimodal data like video streams, 3D scenes, and sensor readings that don't fit neatly into traditional software development tools. This data complexity can significantly slow down industry progress, and that's where we come in.

We're developing a multimodal data stack that combines open-source visualization tools with a high-performance commercial database. Our open-source project has already gained traction within the community, helping developers create powerful visualizations of their Physical AI data. This allows them to 'see the world through the eyes of the robot,' understand system behavior, and debug issues more effectively. Our commercial offering, currently in development with select partners, will provide managed infrastructure to ingest, store, analyze, and stream large volumes of this complex data. We believe that by providing these tools, we can help teams run more experiments faster, accelerating the 'data flywheel' in Physical AI – where smarter systems lead to more deployment, more data collection, and even smarter systems. We're a remote-first company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a distributed team across the US and Europe. We're united by our conviction in the incredible impact computer vision and Physical AI will have on the world, and we're excited to build the foundational platform that enables this transformation.

Employee benefits

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Six weeks paid vacation

We offer six weeks paid vacation.

Competitive cash and equity compensation

We offer competitive cash and equity compensation.

Remote-first culture

We are a distributed company with a remote-first culture.

Hardware and software you need

We provide whatever hardware and software you need to do your job.

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Rerun

Company size

11-50 employees

Founded in

2022

Chief executive officer

Nikolaus West, Emil Ernerfeldt

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