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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.jsTypeScriptREST APIsPostgreSQLAWSECSRDSLambdaWebSocketsCI/CD

About the role

Role Overview

Backend Engineer building and scaling backend systems for a consumer AI hardware product.

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, including ECS, RDS, and Lambda
  • Implement real-time capabilities using WebSockets
  • Maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Docker and GitHub Actions
  • Ship clean, observable code in a fast-paced startup environment

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of professional backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript
  • Experience with database optimization
  • Hands-on expertise with AWS and building scalable, secure cloud-native architectures
  • High-ownership mindset and ability to deliver reliably in a startup

Nice-to-Haves / Context

  • Strong fit for teams with high-trust culture and founder access
  • Role is based in San Francisco, USA / Remote

About Jack & Jill

Jack & Jill is an AI recruiting service that connects candidates with fast-growing startups and hiring teams. It leverages an AI career agent (“Jack”) and an AI recruiter (“Jill”) to identify and introduce strong candidates to open roles.

Scraped 8/4/2026