This role will own the end-to-end migration of LiteLLM from Python to Rust, making it the fastest AI gateway ever built. The engineer will plan the migration directly with the CTO, structure the codebase, and lead a gradual, stability-first rollout. The work is focused on improving performance, latency, and throughput for enterprise customers.
LiteLLM provides an open source Python SDK and Python FastAPI Server that allows calling 100+ LLM APIs (Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, VertexAI, Cohere, Anthropic) in the OpenAI format
We have raised $1.6M in Seed funding from top investors (Y Combinator, Gravity Fund and Pioneer Fund), generate $10M+ in ARR and growing exponentially, and are meaningfully profitable.
You can find more information on our website, Github and Technical Documentation.
Salary
$230,000 - $290,000
Location
San Francisco, United States
Experience
5+ years
Total raised
$1.6M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.