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Founding Backend Engineer

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$150,000 - 200,000 yearly

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Job Description - Founding Backend Engineer

A stealth -mode venture at the intersection of entertainment, media, and audience -led investment is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to take ownership of its platform’s core systems. This is a unique opportunity to join an early -stage team building a highly scalable product in a space combining interactive content, audience investment, and Web3 infrastructure.

The ideal candidate is a senior engineer ready to shape backend architecture, mentor others, and help scale both systems and team as the product moves toward mass adoption.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Architect and evolve core backend systems

  • Contribute as a hands -on individual contributor

  • Establish engineering processes and best practices

  • Collaborate closely with product and design

  • Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering quality

  • Guide and mentor junior developers

  • Help define and track product KPIs

  • Support experimentation and A/B testing

  • Take ownership of deployment, monitoring, and scaling

  • Influence hiring as the engineering team grows

Tech Environment:

The stack includes Java, Elixir, JavaScript, and containerized environments with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and modern CI/CD workflows.

Ideal Profile:

  • 5+ years of backend development experience

  • Strong experience across distributed systems and API design

  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and deployment at scale

  • Previous leadership or mentoring experience (preferred)

  • Experience with Web3, blockchain, or tokenized platforms (bonus)

  • Strong communication and documentation skills

  • Comfortable working in a fast -moving startup environment

What’s on Offer:

  • Salary: $150,000–$200,000

  • Equity options

  • Fully remote and flexible work culture

  • Opportunity to influence product and tech direction from day one



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