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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.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLAWSECSRDSLambdaWebSocketsREST APIsCI/CD

About the role

Role Overview

Backend Engineer for a fast-growing consumer AI startup building systems for an AI-driven hardware device. You will own backend development for real-time transcription pipelines, intelligent APIs, and robust cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

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

Nice to Have

  • Experience working on real-time data processing and AI product backends (implied by role scope).

Location / Remote

  • San Francisco, USA / Remote

About Jack & Jill

Jack & Jill is an AI-driven recruiting/career coaching service that sources candidates from its network and matches them to hiring companies. It works with fast-growing startups, including consumer AI companies building hardware and cloud-backed AI services.

Scraped 8/3/2026