CareerPlan

Founding Backend Engineer

New York CityFull-time$12k2026-11-11
Hybrid · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Build the production backend foundation, data models, and systems for a consumer platform modeling complex personal data.

Role type

Founding Backend Engineer

Builds

Production backend systems, data flows, authentication, payments, and deployment pipelines for a consumer data platform.

Domain

Consumer technology, data modeling, backend infrastructure

Required skills

Backend architecture, data modeling, API design, database management, authentication & permissions, deployment & observability, asynchronous processing, privacy & security engineering

Preferred skills

React/TypeScript familiarity, game engine or simulation systems experience, early-stage startup experience, AI development tools proficiency

Technologies

None explicitly stated

Responsibilities

Design and build backend systems and data models for core product logic; implement accounts, auth, payments, and instrumentation; make decisions on system boundaries and data lineage; collaborate with the founder to ship staged product sequences.

Seniority

Founding, hands-on IC