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Backend Engineer ($110K–$160K + Equity) at fast-growing consumer AI startup

Jack & Jill

hybridmidpermanentbackend United States Today via LinkedIn
110,000 - 160,000 USD/annual

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Tags

Node.jsTypeScriptAWSPostgreSQLREST APIsWebSocketsCI/CDDockerGitHub ActionsCloud-Native Architecture

About the role

Backend Engineer (Node.js/TypeScript)

Build and scale the systems powering a consumer AI hardware device.

Responsibilities

  • Design and optimize RESTful APIs and PostgreSQL schemas for high-scale real-time data processing
  • Develop and scale AWS infrastructure for transcription/sync pipelines using ECS, RDS, and Lambda
  • Implement real-time capabilities using WebSockets
  • Maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines with Docker and GitHub Actions
  • Write clean, observable production code in a fast-paced startup environment

Requirements

  • 2+ years of professional backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript
  • Experience optimizing databases and building scalable, secure cloud-native architectures
  • Hands-on expertise with AWS services
  • High-ownership mindset; ability to ship and operate production systems

Nice to have

  • Experience working with real-time transcription pipelines

Location / Work model

  • San Francisco, USA / Remote

About Jack & Jill

Jack & Jill supports hiring for a fast-growing consumer AI startup. The role is being recruited through Jack (an AI job-search and career-coaching agent) and Jill (an AI recruiter) to place candidates into open backend positions.

Scraped 7/29/2026