Senior Backend Engineer — Own System Design at NYC Startup

Initi8 Recruitment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

On-site work

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Initi8 Recruitment in New York seeks a sharp backend engineer who will own core infrastructure from day one. You design, build, and scale high-growth systems in production, deploying your own code with real ownership and accountability.

You’ll work with modern cloud platforms, defend technical decisions, and use AI tools to tackle deep problems. This is not a ticket‑pushing role; you’ll shape the architecture and impact the company’s growth early on.

Qualifications

• Proven backend ownership and system design experience.
• Strong fundamentals in object-oriented programming and scalable architecture.
• Experience deploying and maintaining production-grade backend services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale backend infrastructure from scratch.
• Own features from idea to production and deploy your own code.
• Make technical decisions and defend them with data and reasoning.
• Leverage AI tools to solve deep technical problems, not just automate tasks.

Skills

Backend experience

Cloud infrastructure

OOP fundamentals

Problem solving

AI tooling

Ownership

Fast learner

Decision making

Education

CS degree from a top university

Tools

AWS/GCP/Azure

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Initi8 Recruitment in New York seeks a sharp backend engineer who will own core infrastructure from day one. You design, build, and scale high-growth systems in production, deploying your own code with real ownership and accountability.

You’ll work with modern cloud platforms, defend technical decisions, and use AI tools to tackle deep problems. This is not a ticket‑pushing role; you’ll shape the architecture and impact the company’s growth early on.