Founding Backend / Infra Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 21, 2026. HiringCafe scores B on the Alion truth index.
Job discovery is broken. Indeed and LinkedIn want to keep it that way. Join our team and help millions of people put food on the table by finding the perfect job.
HiringCafe.com is building a 100× better job search engine - fast, comprehensive, honest, and actually useful. We index millions of jobs, remove noise, rank what matters, and help people find real opportunities without dark patterns, ads, or pay-to-win placement.
We don’t believe in hype. We believe in shipping product and listening obsessively to users. In 12 months, we grew from 0 → 1 million+ monthly active users in 12 months. So everything you ship goes directly to real people.
Our team
Hamed Nilforoshan - Stanford AI PhD, Data Science at Airbnb & Snapchat
Ali Mir - SWE at Meta, Rippling, DoorDash
Jure Leskovec - Stanford AI Professor, ex-Chief Scientist at Pinterest
What we’re building
Scalable infrastructure that transforms fragmented web data into a clean, searchable platform
Web crawlers that scrape every job on earth, in real-time
Recommender systems that help people discover opportunities they wouldn’t have found on their own
A product where engineering, data, and design decisions directly shape how people find their next chapter
What you bring to the table
You want ownership, leverage, and responsibility from day one.
Technically strong with solid fundamentals in programming and systems design
Able to learn fast and go deep on unfamiliar problems
Obsessive about details, quality, and correctness
Experience with Node.js and Python
Preferred: an interest in security and reverse-engineering
Perks
Competitive pay & equity
Flexible PTO & family leave
Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
Design your own perks as a core member of the founding team