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

Jack & Jill

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

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Tags

Node.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLAWSREST APIsWebSocketsDockerGitHub ActionsCI/CDReal-time transcription pipelines

About the role

Role Overview

Backend Engineer at a fast-growing consumer AI startup building and scaling systems for an AI-driven hardware device.

Responsibilities

  • Design and optimize RESTful APIs and PostgreSQL schemas for high-scale real-time data processing.
  • Build 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

  • At least 2 years of professional backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
  • Database optimization experience.
  • Hands-on expertise with AWS services and building scalable, secure cloud-native architectures.
  • High ownership; shipping clean, observable code in a fast-paced startup environment.

Nice to Have

  • Experience building real-time transcription pipelines and APIs for consumer products (implied by responsibilities).

About Jack & Jill

Jack & Jill is an AI-driven recruiting/talent-matching service that recruits candidates on behalf of fast-growing startups. The role described is for a customer: a consumer AI startup building an AI-driven hardware device with recurring revenue and global reach.

Scraped 8/3/2026