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Namely

Lead Software Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$140 - $190/hr

Founding Team The founding team has an extensive background in the finance and supply chain ... About you We are looking for a full stack / backend engineer who enjoys a fast-paced work ...

Boom

Founding Security Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

They are seeking a Founding Security Engineer to enhance their security posture, manage compliance ... Backend-leaning full stack on Ruby (Grape and Sequel) with React/Next.js and TypeScript on the ...

Cognition

Deployed Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla ...

Boom

Founding Security Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$120 - $160/hr

As we move from Seed to Series A and beyond, we're hiring our Founding Security Engineer to harden ... Backend-leaning full stack on Ruby (Grape and Sequel) with React/Next.js and TypeScript on the ...

Boom Pay, Inc

Founding Security Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$120K - $180K/yr

As we move from Seed to Series A and beyond, we're hiring our Founding Security Engineer to harden ... Backend-leaning full stack on Ruby (Grape and Sequel) with React/Next.js and TypeScript on the ...

Tank Payments

Senior Software Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$120 - $190/hr

A Python microservices backend running serverless on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, CDK), a React ... Meet with each member of our founding team as well as a senior engineer for more in-depth ...

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Infographic showing various Founding Backend Engineer job openings in Austin, TX as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 100% Full Time. Highlights an 33% In-person, and 67% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $146,364 per year, or $70.4 per hour.

Lead Software Engineer

Namely

Austin, TX • On-site

$140 - $190/hr

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Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO

Posted 7 days ago

Job description

About us

Backed by Tier-1 VC Lerer Hippeau, Matchstick VC, Tower Research Capital, Antler, MBA Ventures, and onboarded Mike Witte as an adviser and investor.

Mentium.io builds AI workers for the supply chain and logistics industry, using AI to solve some of the hardest real-world operational challenges.

In the U.S. alone, nearly two million people spend their day moving freight forward through calls, texts, and emails. Mentium helps logistics teams handle that work with AI agents across carrier sales, track and trace, collections, customer updates, and more.

Founding Team

The founding team has an extensive background in the finance and supply chain industry, consulting, and building ML platforms.

  • Matthieu - CTO & Co-founder: Matt built machine learning solutions at Brain Corp for 3 years. After that, he became a founding team member at Paragon, a YC-backed Series A startup, where he architected and developed system integrations from 0 to 1.
  • Aziz - CEO & Co-founder: Aziz is an MIT MBA candidate and a graduate of Johns Hopkins with over 10 years of experience in supply chain logistics and finance. He spent 7 years at BCG, where he led multi-million dollar growth efforts within the supply chain and logistics industry. Afterward, he founded and scaled a logistics company to $10M in ARR within 15 months and successfully exited.
About you

We are looking for a full stack / backend engineer who enjoys a fast-paced work environment and iterating quickly on product. You will have an ever-evolving set of problems and requirements that will need solutions that do not exist today. You are a solutions-thinker who knows how to hack together MVPs and understands what’s needed to quickly deliver them to production.

  • You should have 6+ years of Backend Engineering Experience: You have a strong background in backend engineering, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions.
  • We are looking for a systems thinker who can easily recognize patterns to develop frameworks and solutions to solve complex needs. Familiar with ETL, Queues. Understands data ingestion concepts.
  • Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/Typescript, Go or Java: You have at least 4 years of experience working with one or more of these languages, enabling you to contribute effectively to our tech stack.
  • Expertise in SQL Databases and Caches: You are comfortable working with SQL databases like Postgres and caching systems like Redis. You understand the nuances of optimizing data storage and retrieval.
  • Autonomy and Fast-Paced Environment: You thrive in a high-autonomy, fast-paced environment where you're empowered to make decisions that shape the direction of the company. Your ability to adapt and make informed choices is essential.
Bonus points if you have
  • Experience with Distributed Systems
  • Experience with Pyton / Go / Temporal
  • DevOps Experience: Exposure to DevOps tools such as Terraform, Grafana or Prometheus
Compensation
  • Top-of-the-line health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO
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