Looking for Rust/Tauri Desktop App Developer to fix AI Meeting App (Potential Co-founder)

We're building a Mac OS/Windows AI meeting copilot app built on Tauri + Rust + React/TypeScript. The backend is Next.js hosted on Vercel, with Supabase for auth/database, Deepgram for real-time transcription, and OpenAI for AI responses.

The product uses real-time audio processing and LLM inference to generate responses based on:

• conversation context
• users personal context info
• optional screen analysis

A MacOS/Windows application has already been built using Rust + Tauri, and we are now looking for a founding engineer (and/or technical cofounder) to help optimize performance, refine the architecture, and take the product to launch.

Why This Opportunity

As a founder I have previously worked on marketing and growth for various companies in the space and helped grow their social presence to 100K+ followers, millions of views across social media, and a four-figure MRR providing a strong distribution advantage.

The opportunity is still wide open for a product with:

faster response latency
better contextual understanding
a more intuitive user experience with unique features

About The Task: Currently the MVP can transcribe any question or statements made during meetings and provide real-time AI insights. The core functionality works, however we now need stabilization and performance hardening. The problem is that occasionally the app will stop answering queries after a little usage. Additionally, the screen capture feature isnt functioning properly either.

The core app is built and partially functional. We need an experienced Tauri/Rust developer to fix several critical bugs and get us to a production-ready launch ASAP.

What needs to be fixed:

• AI stops responding after 2-3 queries - must function consistently without delay
• Screen analyze feature throwing errors and not functioning - must function consistently without delay
• App creating new chat windows mid-speech instead of waiting for final transcript (The person on the other end can be saying something and the app will split it into multiple chat windows mid-speech instead of one window.)
• View not auto-scrolling to latest chat window
• Window resizing broken after recent update

What we're looking for:

• Strong Tauri and Rust experience — this is a must, not a nice to have
• Experience with macOS desktop apps and OS-level APIs (audio, screen capture)
• Familiarity with Tokio / async runtimes
• Experience with audio streaming or WebRTC
• Experience optimizing low-latency systems
• Ability to debug complex pipelines and performance bottlenecks
• Comfortable jumping into an existing codebase quickly
• React/TypeScript familiarity for frontend fixes
• Available for a focused sprint — this is urgent

Compensation: $200-500

Nice to have:

Experience with Deepgram or OpenAI Realtime API
Prior work on AI-powered desktop apps**
LLM / AI Prompt experience

To apply:
Please share examples of Tauri or Rust desktop apps you've shipped and how you would diagnose the issue. (Rust audio pipeline experience is a bonus!) Generic proposals will not be considered. Grad Students in prestiguous programs are welcome to apply :)

About us:
Phantum AI is a bootstrapped startup. We move fast and treat contractors well.