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.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLAWSECSLambdaRDSWebSocketsCI/CDDocker
About the role
Backend Engineer (Node.js + TypeScript)
Build and scale the backend systems that power an AI-driven consumer hardware device.
Responsibilities
- Design and optimize RESTful APIs and PostgreSQL schemas for high-scale real-time data processing.
- Own development of real-time transcription pipelines, intelligent APIs, and supporting backend services.
- 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
- At least 2 years of professional backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript, including database optimization.
- Hands-on experience with AWS and building scalable, secure, cloud-native architectures.
- High-ownership mindset; ability to ship clean, observable code in a fast-paced startup.
Nice to Have
- Experience building real-time ingestion/processing systems and production-grade cloud infrastructure for consumer products.
About Jack & Jill
Jack & Jill is an AI recruiting service that sources candidates through an AI-driven network and facilitates introductions to hiring companies. The posting represents a role at a fast-growing consumer AI startup building an AI-driven hardware device with ongoing traction and recurring revenue.
Scraped 8/6/2026