Founding Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable backend systems from the ground up.
• Own backend architecture, technical design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Build robust APIs, services, and core platform components.
• Work closely with founders and product teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Make key decisions around system architecture, technology selection, scalability, and performance.
• Develop solutions for complex problems involving data, distributed systems, and AI-powered applications.
• Build and integrate backend services that support AI/ML and generative AI use cases.
• Establish engineering best practices around code quality, testing, observability, deployment, and reliability.
• Take end-to-end ownership of projects from design and development through production.
• Contribute to building the engineering culture, technical standards, and foundation of the organization.

Requirements:

• 4-6 years of professional experience in backend/software engineering.
• Strong programming experience in one or more backend languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js .
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, and software engineering fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing REST APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of database concepts and SQL.
• Experience with microservices, distributed systems, or scalable backend architectures.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Good understanding of software development practices, including Git, testing, CI/CD, and deployment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.