San Francisco, CA · On-site
$247.50 - $302.50/hr
Early engineer, founding engineer, startup generalist, or strong product/backend engineer from a scaling startup * Track record of shipping real products, ideally 0-to-1 or in ambiguous/messy ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$247.50 - $302.50/hr
Early engineer, founding engineer, startup generalist, or strong product/backend engineer from a scaling startup * Track record of shipping real products, ideally 0-to-1 or in ambiguous/messy ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$224K - $284K/yr
What you'll do We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our founding team who will design and scale the cloud systems that power our real-world operations - keeping our fleet, dispatch, and ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$224K - $284K/yr
What you'll do We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our founding team who will design and scale the cloud systems that power our real-world operations - keeping our fleet, dispatch, and ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$224K - $284K/yr
What you'll do We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our founding team who will design and scale the cloud systems that power our real-world operations - keeping our fleet, dispatch, and ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$224K - $284K/yr
What you'll do We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our founding team who will design and scale the cloud systems that power our real-world operations - keeping our fleet, dispatch, and ...
Vooma is seeking an Infrastructure / Backend Engineer to join their founding team. The role involves designing and maintaining secure, scalable infrastructure for AI-powered agents while ensuring ...
Vooma is seeking an Infrastructure / Backend Engineer to join their founding team. The role involves designing and maintaining secure, scalable infrastructure for AI-powered agents while ensuring ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150 - $190/hr
You'll work closely with the founding team (AI/ML, fullstack, product, and design) to architect ... Design and build scalable backend services in Node.js/TypeScript, including RESTful APIs ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150 - $190/hr
You'll work closely with the founding team (AI/ML, fullstack, product, and design) to architect ... Design and build scalable backend services in Node.js/TypeScript, including RESTful APIs ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$224K - $284K/yr
What you'll do We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our founding team who will design and scale the cloud systems that power our real-world operations - keeping our fleet, dispatch, and ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$224K - $284K/yr
What you'll do We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our founding team who will design and scale the cloud systems that power our real-world operations - keeping our fleet, dispatch, and ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$224K - $284K/yr
What you'll do We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our founding team who will design and scale the cloud systems that power our real-world operations - keeping our fleet, dispatch, and ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$224K - $284K/yr
What you'll do We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our founding team who will design and scale the cloud systems that power our real-world operations - keeping our fleet, dispatch, and ...
You'll work closely with the founding team (AI/ML, fullstack, product, and design) to architect ... Design and build scalable backend services in Node.js/TypeScript, including RESTful APIs ...
You'll work closely with the founding team (AI/ML, fullstack, product, and design) to architect ... Design and build scalable backend services in Node.js/TypeScript, including RESTful APIs ...
We are growing our founding engineering team and looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join Papa Community. You'll work alongside our Staff Backend Engineers and report directly to Papa ...
We are growing our founding engineering team and looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join Papa Community. You'll work alongside our Staff Backend Engineers and report directly to Papa ...
About the role Your role, should you choose to join us, will be as an Infrastructure / Backend Engineer on our founding team. You're the right person for this role if you're excited to build not just ...
About the role Your role, should you choose to join us, will be as an Infrastructure / Backend Engineer on our founding team. You're the right person for this role if you're excited to build not just ...
We are growing our founding engineering team and looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join Papa Community. You'll work alongside our Staff Backend Engineers and report directly to Papa ...
We are growing our founding engineering team and looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join Papa Community. You'll work alongside our Staff Backend Engineers and report directly to Papa ...
Founding Engineer (Full Stack) Location: San Francisco Bay Area Type: Full-Time Compensation ... You'll be writing production code across backend and frontend, defining interfaces between ...
Founding Engineer (Full Stack) Location: San Francisco Bay Area Type: Full-Time Compensation ... You'll be writing production code across backend and frontend, defining interfaces between ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$275K/yr
Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines. * Integrate with ... Early-stage startup experience or founding engineer background. Not a fit if you are: frontend-only ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$275K/yr
Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines. * Integrate with ... Early-stage startup experience or founding engineer background. Not a fit if you are: frontend-only ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$275K/yr
Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines. * Integrate with ... Early-stage startup experience or founding engineer background. Not a fit if you are: frontend-only ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$275K/yr
Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines. * Integrate with ... Early-stage startup experience or founding engineer background. Not a fit if you are: frontend-only ...
The Role We are looking for a Backend Engineer to own the systems that ingest, evaluate, and serve ... Visa sponsorship As a founding member, you'll help define the technical foundation of NeoSigma.
The Role We are looking for a Backend Engineer to own the systems that ingest, evaluate, and serve ... Visa sponsorship As a founding member, you'll help define the technical foundation of NeoSigma.
If you are a generalist backend software engineer that has experience scaling out of 0-1 systems ... The founding team has previously built and sold businesses that currently exceed $2 billion in ...
If you are a generalist backend software engineer that has experience scaling out of 0-1 systems ... The founding team has previously built and sold businesses that currently exceed $2 billion in ...
You'll be writing production code across backend and frontend, defining interfaces between ... founding engineer, or a 0‑1 pre‑seed startup is a big plus. Mindset * Comfortable with ...
You'll be writing production code across backend and frontend, defining interfaces between ... founding engineer, or a 0‑1 pre‑seed startup is a big plus. Mindset * Comfortable with ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$180 - $240/hr
If you are a generalist backend software engineer that has experience scaling out of 0-1 systems ... The founding team has previously built and sold businesses that currently exceed $2 billion in ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$180 - $240/hr
If you are a generalist backend software engineer that has experience scaling out of 0-1 systems ... The founding team has previously built and sold businesses that currently exceed $2 billion in ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $300K/yr
... or backend engineer. * Full-time experience at a venture-backed startup at the seed-to-Series-B ... Experience as a former founder, or as a founding/early engineer who built a product 0 to 1 at a ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $300K/yr
... or backend engineer. * Full-time experience at a venture-backed startup at the seed-to-Series-B ... Experience as a former founder, or as a founding/early engineer who built a product 0 to 1 at a ...
This is your chance to join as a founding engineer and shape a platform that every behavioral ... You'll be responsible for designing and implementing scalable backend systems that process ...
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This is your chance to join as a founding engineer and shape a platform that every behavioral ... You'll be responsible for designing and implementing scalable backend systems that process ...
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Join a small, high-ownership product team as a backend-leaning product engineer focused on building real-world AI and automation products. This role matters because you'll own customer-facing features end-to-end, navigate messy integrations and legacy systems, and make product and engineering trade-offs with speed and strong judgment.
What You'll DoOwn features end-to-end from design through shipping and iteration
Make product and engineering decisions independently without heavy PM support
Execute under pressure and deliver high-quality engineering results, not just plans
Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines
Integrate with external tools, legacy systems, and messy third-party services
Design workflows and orchestration for AI/automation-driven products
Work comfortably in a very small, fast-moving startup team with little structure
Balance full-stack work when required, with a clear emphasis on backend ownership
Debug production issues and exercise strong engineering judgment
Collaborate closely with founders, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders
Early engineer, founding engineer, startup generalist, or strong product/backend engineer from a scaling startup
Track record of shipping real products, ideally 0-to-1 or in ambiguous/messy environments
Experience with backend systems, APIs, data modeling, automation, and integrations
Applied AI or workflow/orchestration experience (agentic workflows, RAG, LLM-enabled features) is a plus
Python experience is a plus; modern web/backend stacks are acceptable—stack fit matters less than raw engineering quality
Demonstrated ownership of customer-facing features and close work with founders or customers
Clear motivation for early-stage startup work and comfort with ambiguity and speed
Not a fit: frontend-only, data-only/internal-tools-only, pure DevOps/SRE without product ownership, pure research/ML without shipping experience, or candidates motivated primarily by corporate titles
Base compensation up to $275k plus meaningful equity.
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA. Hybrid/in-office required. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to the area.
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