Founding Backend Software Engineer
Fully remote (US, Canada, Europe, UK)

We're looking for a backend engineer who takes ownership of infrastructure and loves building systems that scale. Someone who writes clean APIs, thinks hard about data modeling, and moves fast without breaking things.

What You'll Do

Design and build reliable, scalable backend services and APIs

Own the data layer — schema design, migrations, query performance

Work closely with frontend engineers to ship full features end-to-end

Set up observability, logging, and alerting from the ground up

Contribute to infrastructure decisions as we scale

You

3+ years building production backend systems

Strong with Node.js, Postgres, and REST/GraphQL APIs

Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Vercel/Railway)

Startup or founding team experience preferred

Excellent ownership, communication, and proactive mindset

Previous founder a bonus

Competitive compensation, high equity up to 15%

Fully remote (US, Canada, Europe, UK)

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