Senior Software Engineer - AI-Driven, Scalable Systems

Alder; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Alder is an early-stage startup building AI-augmented, scalable applications for a fast-growing e-commerce platform. We are small, ambitious, and moving fast, and we’re looking for exceptional engineers who want to shape the foundation of our product and culture.

As one of our first core engineers, you’ll own architecture and technology direction, work with the CTO and founders, and scale systems while mentoring others.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack experience with Java and React.
• Deep understanding of scalability in distributed systems and database design.
• Hands-on AWS experience (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3) and DevOps practices.
• Self-starter mindset with autonomy and impact.
• Curiosity and growth mindset; adapt technologies as product evolves.
• Expertise with AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end features across the stack (React frontend, Java backend, AWS).
• Architect scalable systems for high traffic and complex data flows.
• Leverage AI tools to write, test, and ship code faster and smarter.
• Collaborate with CTO, founders and product to deliver new capabilities.
• Drive technical excellence to improve code quality, scalability, observability, and velocity.
• Shape engineering culture through mentorship and tooling choices.

Skills

Java

React

Distributed systems

AWS

DevOps

AI-assisted development

Tools

AWS (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3)

Job description

Alder is an early-stage startup building AI-augmented, scalable applications for a fast-growing e-commerce platform. We are small, ambitious, and moving fast, and we’re looking for exceptional engineers who want to shape the foundation of our product and culture.

As one of our first core engineers, you’ll own architecture and technology direction, work with the CTO and founders, and scale systems while mentoring others.