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

Role Overview

Backend Engineer to build and scale systems powering an AI-driven consumer hardware device. You will own development of 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 (including ECS, RDS, and Lambda) for transcription and sync pipelines
• 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
• Database optimization and scalable backend engineering experience
• Hands-on expertise with AWS and building secure, cloud-native architectures
• High-ownership mindset; able to ship clean, observable code in a fast-paced startup environment

Nice to Haves

• Experience supporting rapidly scaling consumer products with high recurring revenue and global user bases (implied by role context)

Location / Work Model

• San Francisco, USA / Remote