Founding Backend Engineer - Hands-on, top-tier schools graduate, startup exp.

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$150K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in backend engineering
  • Proficient in Python; C++/Rust experience is advantageous
  • Strong knowledge of distributed systems architecture
  • Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Hands-on skills with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Pulumi
  • Possess an ownership mindset for project responsibility

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire technical stack from infrastructure to deployment
  • Architect and build scalable backend systems for document intelligence
  • Manage production infrastructure, ensuring high performance and reliability
  • Design services with high throughput and low latency in real environments
  • Transition systems from R&D to production and enterprise scale
  • Maintain deployments both in cloud and on-premise for enterprise clients
  • Establish best practices in CI/CD, observability, and incident response

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours
  • Opportunity to work closely with founders and research teams
  • Innovative work environment with cutting-edge technologies
  • Focus on building production-grade systems from research prototypes
  • Potential for professional growth in a startup setting
Full Job Description
Salary - $150,000 - $300,000

What you Will Do

As a Founding Software Engineer, you will own the entire technical stack end-to-end, from core infrastructure and production systems to deployment, reliability, and developer experience.

Architect, build, and scale core backend systems powering document intelligence and VLM-based workflows

Own production infrastructure end-to-end: deployments, monitoring, performance, reliability

Design and operate high-throughput, low-latency services in real production environments

Take systems from R&D 12 production 12 enterprise scale

Build and maintain cloud and on-prem deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) for enterprise customers

Establish best practices for CI/CD, observability, debugging, and incident response

Work closely with the founders and research team to turn research prototypes into production-grade, scalable systems.

What We are Looking For

This role is backend & infrastructure-heavy. You should have most of the following:

Experience building and operating scaled production systems

Strong backend engineering skills (Python required; C++/Rust is a major plus)

Experience with distributed systems (microservices, parallel processing, queues, caches like Redis)

Deep familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform / Pulumi)

An ownership mindset

Nice to have: Experience serving ML / VLM / GPU-heavy workloads

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