Founding Backend Engineer

About the job

Adamas Knight is exclusively partnering with an early-stage AI startup that has already hit six-figure ARR and recently closed an oversubscribed ~$4M seed round from top-tier investors. Now, they’re expanding their core team in San Francisco and Europe—bringing on exceptional talent to join a group of ex-OpenAI and Scale AI talent, with deep technical roots from leading AI labs at Oxford, Cambridge, and ETH Zurich.

The Role

As a Founding Backend Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping the core infrastructure of a next-generation product from the ground up. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to take full ownership of backend systems—from architecture and infrastructure to shipping production-ready code. You’ll move fast, deploy on day one, and tackle complex challenges across system design, cloud environments, and data engineering.

You might be a fit if…

You have a strong academic record in a technical field, ideally Computer Science.

You thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

You take charge and bring ideas to life—whether as a founding engineer or CTO.

If this sounds like you, please apply!

At Adamas Knight, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Diversity is highly valued, and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.