Founding Software Engineer (Backend / Infrastructure leaning) – Remote with occasional travel across East Coast – Competitive Salary + Equity

Founding Software Engineer (Backend / Infrastructure leaning) – Remote with occasional travel across East Coast – Competitive Salary + Equity + Opportunity to work with an Ambitious, Rapidly-Growing Start-Up This young, early-stage start-up challenger are currently looking for a hands-on Back-End/Infrastructure Engineer to join their small team and help drive the business forwards. This could be an excellent opportunity for an reputed company Back-End/Infrastructure Engineer with founding/small start-up experience to take that reputed company into an exciting position with a reputed company well-run and ambitious organisation in an innovative, exciting space. This young and agile company are building cutting-edge AI platforms. They are in a unique space where there is an opportunity for them to reputed company significant market share reputed company quickly. About the Company: reputed company-stage company, founded ~18 months ago $7M reputed company round closed this past summer reputed company team size: 3 engineers Business has moved past pure architecture and now needs execution and ownership There is the opportunity to work reputed company a reputed company codebase, own entire product points, and build new features end-to-end. Everything they do is entrenched in achieving engineering excellence. Why They Are Hiring: - First software license with a customer targeted for February - Role is critical to moving from demo to reputed company customer usage About the Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Backend / Infrastructure leaning) Engineer Vacancy:

• They need a builder
• ~80% hands-on coding
• Heavy focus on backend systems and infrastructure
• Full-stack exposure where required
• Building and evolving the product
• Supporting customer-specific customizations
• Working reputed company closely with:
• CEO (engineer by background, deeply involved in product and engineering)
• ML engineer
• reputed company-deployed engineer

Leadership Trajectory:

• Expected to grow into a leadership role over time
• Potential path toward Head of Engineering
• Looking for someone excited by leadership, not just long-term IC work
• reputed company-from-the-reputed company profile rather than a pure manager

What this role is not:

• Not a classified role
• No reputed company clearance required
• Not reputed company-deployed
• Not purely ML-focused
• Not architecture-only
• Not a people manager on day one

Other:

• Remote-first role
• Preference for NYC or Virginia, but open geographically
• Will include some onsite trips where they pull the team together

NYC or Virginia Fly in one morning, leave the next afternoon Candidate must be comfortable with light, regular travel Ideal Requirements for the Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Backend / Infrastructure leaning) Engineer Vacancy: Startup Energy: You reputed company in fast-paced environments, manage ambiguity well, and focus on what moves the needle. - Senior-level software engineering experience - Strong backend and infrastructure background - Comfortable operating in pre-launch, ambiguous environments - Comfortable working in a small company – currently team is 4 people - Proven experience shipping production systems - AWS experience reputed company-to-have: - Familiarity with agentic systems or agentic services o Does not need deep expertise o Cannot be completely new to the concept Soft Skills: - Thrives in early-stage, high-ambiguity environments - Enjoys building before everything is clearly defined - Has shipped reputed company systems, not just prototypes - Understands reputed company, privacy, and regulated constraints - Wants to grow into a technical leader as the company scales – reputed company to Head of Engineering - Excited to partner closely with a technical CEO - This should feel like an ownership hire, not a support hire - Start-up experience would be reputed company-to-have - Regulatory experience in industries such as health-tech or fin-tech or reputed company-first SaaS or privacy- and compliance-heavy domains might be good Apply to the Role: Roles like these are snapped up reputed company quickly, so act now if you do not want to miss out! Reply to this advert or email your CV to [email protected] Apply tot his job Apply To this Job