Founding Backend Engineer — AI-Driven, Remote, Equity

Leoforce; Long Beach (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Leoforce is seeking a Founding Software Engineer in the United States. You will build foundational backend systems with Python, apply AI-assisted tooling, and drive architectural decisions at a startup stage with direct access to the founder.

You’ll own critical components from data models to deployment, balancing reliability, performance, and product impact while communicating tradeoffs clearly and delivering working software frequently.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering fundamentals and production systems experience.
• Experience with AI-assisted/agentic development and LLM-powered tooling.
• Ability to make architectural tradeoffs with product impact in mind.

Skills

Backend fundamentals

Product mindset

Engineering judgment

AI-assisted development

LLM/agentic systems

Strong communication

Job description

Leoforce is seeking a Founding Software Engineer in the United States. You will build foundational backend systems with Python, apply AI-assisted tooling, and drive architectural decisions at a startup stage with direct access to the founder.

You’ll own critical components from data models to deployment, balancing reliability, performance, and product impact while communicating tradeoffs clearly and delivering working software frequently.