Founding Backend Engineer — Scalable APIs & LLM Pipelines

Goliath Partners; United States; On-site; USD 292,500 - 357,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$325k OTE ($275k base + $50k uncapped bonus)

Founding-level equity

$2k annual learning budget + premium hardware

Whoop or Oura Ring

Job summary

A growing startup in New York is looking for a Founding Backend Engineer to lead the development of innovative backend systems. This position involves building scalable services and APIs with Python/Django, while collaborating closely with founders to influence technical strategy. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Django and cloud infrastructures, along with a strong entrepreneurial mindset. Competitive compensation is offered, including meaningful equity in a high-potential venture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production backend systems.
• Expert in Django and strong Python skills.
• Experience designing cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Own backend systems end-to-end, from architecture to production.
• Build scalable services and APIs in Python/Django.
• Lead agent orchestration and LLM integrations.

Skills

Django expertise

Python experience

Distributed systems knowledge

SQL performance optimization

Cloud-native architecture

High-ownership mindset

Tools

Terraform

GCP

Job description

A growing startup in New York is looking for a Founding Backend Engineer to lead the development of innovative backend systems. This position involves building scalable services and APIs with Python/Django, while collaborating closely with founders to influence technical strategy. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Django and cloud infrastructures, along with a strong entrepreneurial mindset. Competitive compensation is offered, including meaningful equity in a high-potential venture.