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

Role Overview

Backend Engineer for an AI-driven consumer hardware device. You will build and scale the systems powering real-time transcription pipelines, intelligent APIs, and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize RESTful APIs and PostgreSQL schemas for high-scale real-time processing.
• Manage and scale AWS infrastructure for transcription and sync pipelines using ECS, RDS, and Lambda.
• Implement real-time capabilities with WebSockets.
• Maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Docker and GitHub Actions.

Requirements

• 2+ years professional backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with database optimization.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS and building scalable, secure cloud-native architectures.
• High-ownership mindset; ship clean, observable code in a fast-paced startup environment.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with high-throughput real-time data processing and transcription-style pipelines.

Location / Work Model

• San Francisco, USA or Remote.