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

- **Company:** Jack & Jill, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Github, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, TypeScript, WebSocket, Delivery Pipeline, Database Optimization, AWS Lambda, Backend, Restful APIs, Stream Processing, Docker
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pecgyz51th

## About the Role

* At least 2 years of professional backend experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and database optimization.
 * Hands-on expertise in AWS services and building scalable, secure cloud-native architectures.
 * A high-ownership mindset with experience shipping clean, observable code in a fast-paced startup environment.

## Description

As a Backend Engineer, you will build and scale the systems powering a revolutionary AI-driven hardware device. You'll own the development of real-time transcription pipelines, intelligent APIs, and robust cloud infrastructure using Node.js and TypeScript. This role offers high ownership and the chance to impact a rapidly scaling consumer product used worldwide., * High-trust environment with direct founder access and the ability to influence company-wide technical strategy.

 * Exceptional traction with significant recurring revenue and a rapidly expanding global user base.

What You Will Do

 * Design and optimize RESTful APIs and PostgreSQL schemas to support high-scale real-time data processing.
 * Manage and scale AWS infrastructure including ECS, RDS, and Lambda functions for transcription and sync pipelines.
 * Implement real-time capabilities via WebSockets and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Docker and GitHub Actions.


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