Senior Backend Engineer, Early Hire

Recruiting From Scratch; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing talent firm is looking to place an early backend/fullstack engineer with their client who is addressing significant societal challenges. The ideal candidate will work in a dynamic, remote environment, contributing to foundational decisions that shape the company's growth, while experiencing a supportive and innovative culture with minimal bureaucracy.

Responsibilities

• You will be an early backend/fullstack hire, with input into long-term architectural and technical design decisions.
• Help establish the technical foundation for the entire company.

Job description

Who is Recruiting from Scratch:

Recruiting from Scratch is a talent firm that focuses on placing the best candidates for our clients. Our team is 100% remote, working with teams across North America, South America, and Europe to assist with hiring.

https://www.recruitingfromscratch.com/

Salary Range: $120,000-$200,000 base plus 0.05%-0.5% equity.

About the Role:

Join our client as an early backend/fullstack engineer! If you have experience building stable and performant systems at scale, our client would love to chat. They are looking for someone who can contribute meaningfully to our codebase as our team grows. The tech stack is Node (TypeScript) on AWS.

Why you might be excited about our client:

• They are working to solve a significant societal problem.

• You will be able to contribute efficiently, without bureaucracy, and with broad responsibilities.

• If our client can effectively solve a problem asynchronously, we do too.

• Our client doesn't micromanage and will support you in doing great work.

• Our client cares about you and aims to set you up for future success.

Role responsibilities:

• You will be an early backend/fullstack hire, with input into long-term architectural and technical design decisions. You'll help establish the technical foundation for the entire company.