Peer to Peer Software Engineer
webAI is an Austin-based sovereign AI company developing local-first, specialized AI systems that organizations can build, deploy, and operate on infrastructure they own.
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About webAI
webAI provides collaborative intelligence software centered on the webAI App, specialized Personas, and its Intelligence Delivery Network. Its platform is designed to keep intelligence close to organizational data and hardware, support private and specialized models, and enable teams to build, share, and improve AI without relying exclusively on centralized cloud systems.
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About the Role
You will design and implement synchronization and networking systems for reliable AI operations across edge devices and isolated cloud environments. You will architect content-addressable storage frameworks, optimize distributed software, apply secure key management and cryptographic protocols, integrate AI components into restricted systems, and maintain rigorous testing and observability practices. Development will be done in Rust.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with backend systems languages such as C++ C Go or Rust
- Experience with peer-to-peer or decentralized networking frameworks
Responsibilities
- Design and implement synchronization and networking systems
- Architect data synchronization frameworks using content-addressable storage Merkle trees and CRDTs
- Tune debug and optimize distributed software
- Apply threat modeling secure key management and cryptographic protocols
- Integrate AI components into restricted and air-gapped systems
- Contribute to architectural design discussions and documentation
- Maintain testing observability and validation practices
- Work with distributed hash tables content identifiers gossip protocols DAGs overlay networks and NAT traversal
Benefits
- Comprehensive health dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) match for U.S.-based employees
- $200 per month Health & Wellness stipend
- Continuing Education support
- $500 per year Function Health subscription for U.S.-based employees
- Free parking for in-office employees
- Flexible Time Off
- Parental leave for eligible employees
- Supplemental life insurance