Lead Founding Backend Engineer (Node, Python, React, AI/ML) - Startup Experience

Alpha Inc.

San Francisco, CA, United States

25 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.nettemps.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services App Store (IOS) Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Machine Learning Node.Js Recommender Systems Software Engineering TypeScript ReactJS Large Language Models

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Backend Real Time Data Machine Learning Operations Discord Data Pipelines

Job description

Job Openings Lead Founding Backend Engineer (Node, Python, React, AI/ML) - Startup Experience About the job Lead Founding Backend Engineer (Node, Python, React, AI/ML) - Startup Experience About the Company

One of our prestigious building the first proactive intelligence network a new kind of consumer social platform powered by AI. Our mission is to transform AI from a novelty into something practical, social, and seamlessly integrated into daily life.

Think of this as the next wave of consumer social, where psychology, recommendation systems, and AI come together to give people what Naval Ravikant calls permissionless leverage access to intelligence at scale without barriers.

This is a zero-to-one founding opportunity. Youll help define how consumers interact with AI for the next decade, alongside a small group of world-class engineers and product builders. What Youll Do

Build the foundation: Architect and implement the core Back End systems for a consumer AI social platform.

Design for scale: Create resilient, high-performance infrastructure capable of supporting millions of users.

Own the data: Develop real-time, low-latency data pipelines powering ML-driven personalization and recommendations.

Full-stack mindset: Focus on Back End (Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL) while collaborating across Front End (React, TypeScript).

Shape the product: Partner with product and design to deliver features that make AI collaborative, intuitive, and sticky., * Graduates from Coding Bootcamps (eg, Full Stack Academy, Hack Reactor).

Requirements

8 to10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5 years in Big Tech or high-scale consumer apps.

Strong track record building and scaling systems to millions of users or #1 App Store status.

Expertise in Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, React, TypeScript, and deploying services on AWS or GCP.

Hands-on experience with AI/ML infrastructure (vector databases, LLMs, Real Time data).

Consumer social DNA ideally with experience at Meta, Snap, TikTok, Discord, Reddit, X, Clubhouse, BeReal, etc.

Startup mindset: autonomous, resourceful, and able to own complex projects end-to-end.

Willing and excited to work onsite in San Francisco (South Park), 56 days/week., * Consulting Backgrounds (Experience at IT software development firms instead of actual product companies).