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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Node.jsTypeScriptREST APIsPostgreSQLAWSWebSocketsCI/CDDockerGitHub ActionsReal-time Transcription
About the role
Role Overview
Backend Engineer for an AI-driven consumer hardware device. You will build and scale the systems that power real-time transcription pipelines, intelligent APIs, and robust cloud infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Design and optimize RESTful APIs and PostgreSQL schemas for high-scale, real-time data processing.
- Manage and scale AWS infrastructure for transcription and sync pipelines, including ECS, RDS, and Lambda.
- Implement real-time capabilities using WebSockets.
- Maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Docker and GitHub Actions.
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
- Strong database optimization experience.
- Hands-on expertise with AWS and building secure, scalable cloud-native architectures.
- High-ownership mindset; ability to ship clean, observable code in a fast-paced startup.
Nice to Have
- Not explicitly stated; emphasis is on ownership, observability, and shipping in a startup environment.
Location
- San Francisco, USA / Remote
About Jack & Jill
Jack & Jill appears to be a recruiting/intermediary service (using an AI assistant named Jack and an AI recruiter named Jill) that sources candidates for fast-growing startups. The specific hiring company in this posting is a consumer AI startup building an AI-driven hardware device.
Scraped 7/31/2026