Founding Backend Engineer

HCL International | Full time

New York, United States | Posted on 06/26/2025

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• Date Opened 06/26/2025
• Job Type Full time
• Industry Technology
• Salary $150k - $170k
• City New York
• State/Province New York
• Country United States
• Zip/Postal Code 10001

The ideal candidate is a senior engineer ready to shape backend architecture, mentor others, and help scale both systems and team as the product moves toward mass adoption.

• Architect and evolve core backend systems

• Contribute as a hands-on individual contributor

• Establish engineering processes and best practices

• Collaborate closely with product and design

• Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering quality

• Guide and mentor junior developers

• Help define and track product KPIs

• Support experimentation and A/B testing

• Take ownership of deployment, monitoring, and scaling

• Influence hiring as the engineering team grows

The stack includes Java, Elixir, JavaScript, and containerized environments with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and modern CI/CD workflows.

• 5+ years of backend development experience

• Strong experience across distributed systems and API design

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and deployment at scale

• Previous leadership or mentoring experience (preferred)

• Experience with Web3, blockchain, or tokenized platforms (bonus)

• Strong communication and documentation skills

• Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment

• Salary: $150,000–$200,000

• Equity options

• Fully remote and flexible work culture

• Opportunity to influence product and tech direction from day one

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