Founding Senior Software Engineer - Real-Time AI Platform

Bustem, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend

Dinner stipend

Bi-weekly team events

Direct close working relationship with

founder and CTO

Job summary

Bustem is hiring a Senior Software Engineer at the founding level to shape core real-time detection and enforcement systems protecting 120+ brands. You will own architecture decisions, collaborate with the CTO, and set the technical bar for the team.

You should have 5+ years of software engineering, startup experience, and a proven track record delivering production systems. Expect autonomy, a strong product mindset, and direct collaboration with leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally at an early-stage or bootstrapped startup.
• Owned a system end-to-end at real scale with measurable users/data.
• 1+ year operating with minimal senior oversight and autonomy to start moving.
• Able to make architecture tradeoffs independently and own incidents in production.
• Proven track record shipping to paying customers, with strong product instincts and user focus.
• Clear and energetic communicator who explains tradeoffs simply and effectively.
• Proficient with Next.js, Postgres, and TypeScript; comfortable integrating AI/LLMs into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical bar for architecture, code quality, and engineering processes.
• Mentor engineers and make infrastructure decisions independently.
• Build AI-powered real-time detection and enforcement systems across multiple platforms.
• Own backend systems and APIs end-to-end using Next.js, Postgres, and TypeScript.

Skills

Ownership & initiative

Architecture design

Mentoring

Product instincts

Effective communication

Tools

Next.js

PostgreSQL

TypeScript

Job description

Bustem is hiring a Senior Software Engineer at the founding level to shape core real-time detection and enforcement systems protecting 120+ brands. You will own architecture decisions, collaborate with the CTO, and set the technical bar for the team.

You should have 5+ years of software engineering, startup experience, and a proven track record delivering production systems. Expect autonomy, a strong product mindset, and direct collaboration with leadership.