Founding Backend Engineer — Remote, Equity

Rise Talent Advisors; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Remote work across the US

Job summary

Rise Talent Advisors is helping an early-stage, venture-backed AI company hire founding engineers to build core platform components with a focus on backend systems and LLM-powered features. The team values ownership, fast iteration, and close collaboration with founders on product direction.

Role offers equity, the chance to define engineering culture, and the ability to ship major features in a lean, fast-moving environment across the US.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
• Hands-on IC with 2–6 years software experience.
• Experience at an early-stage, venture-backed startup or as a founding engineer.
• Led backend architecture decisions for systems with LLM features.
• Produced production-grade features from design to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Build the core platform as a generalist, primarily backend with some frontend work.
• Own features from design to production, including reliability and failure modes.
• Design and build document extraction and LLM agent pipelines central to the product.
• Ship the next major version and contribute to new related products.
• Set engineering practices, tooling, and standards for a small but growing team.
• Move with urgency on a lean team where ownership is shared.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Backend architecture

LLM/Agent features

Founding engineer mindset

Ownership & urgency

Education

CS degree from a top US university

Include GPA

Job description

Rise Talent Advisors is helping an early-stage, venture-backed AI company hire founding engineers to build core platform components with a focus on backend systems and LLM-powered features. The team values ownership, fast iteration, and close collaboration with founders on product direction.

Role offers equity, the chance to define engineering culture, and the ability to ship major features in a lean, fast-moving environment across the US.