You will architect the infrastructure for a next-generation agentic collaboration platform that automates coordination across teams. As a founding engineer, you will own the backend systems, scaling a proprietary stack of semantic memory and agent-to-agent negotiation. This role involves building high-performance, secure systems to support real-time agentic workflows for global enterprise clients.
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Founding Backend Engineer at VC-backed collaborative AI startup
Join a high-velocity founding team building the operating system for work in the agentic era. Backed by top-tier VCs, this startup is moving beyond chatbots to create a proprietary layer for autonomous agent-to-agent negotiation and coordination. As a founding backend engineer, you will own the infrastructure and database systems that make this vision fast, secure, and scalable. If you have deep TypeScript and PostgreSQL chops and want to be in the room where the next generation of work is built, this is the role for you. Offering top-of-market equity and a front-row seat to the future of AI infrastructure.
Overview
Role overview
Company
About the company
VC-backed collaborative AI startup
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Architect and maintain robust cloud infrastructure and PostgreSQL database systems to ensure high availability and performance.
- Optimize end-to-end latency and inference costs to ensure seamless real-time agent interactions across the platform.
- Lead security and reliability efforts, implementing threat modeling, access controls, and comprehensive observability for sensitive data.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Exceptional backend experience with TypeScript and Node.js, combined with deep expertise in PostgreSQL performance and schema design.
- Proven track record of building and operating production-grade cloud infrastructure and distributed systems in high-growth environments.
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to ship relentlessly and solve complex architectural problems without extensive oversight.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Join as a founding hire with significant equity at an early-stage startup backed by top-tier global venture firms.
- Work alongside a high-pedigree founding team with deep academic and commercial expertise in distributed systems and AI.
- Solve complex technical challenges involving low-latency graph queries, durable agent state, and continuous background processing at scale.
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