Founding Engineer - Backend

We’re hiring a Backend Engineer to join our founding team. This is a junior-to-mid-level role (3–5 years of experience) where you’ll help us scale the infrastructure that powers our real-time analytics engine.

You’ll work on GoLang-based systems that process telemetry at scale, including ingestion pipelines, anomaly detection engines, and graph databases. You’ll collaborate directly with the founders and contribute to shipping production systems used by engineers at fast-moving companies.

What We’re Looking For

3–5 years of backend engineering experience

Proficiency in GoLang and a strong grasp of software design fundamentals

Experience building APIs, distributed systems, or real-time data pipelines

Familiarity with tools like Kafka, gRPC, PostgreSQL, or Redis is a plus

Bonus: exposure to observability, tracing, or telemetry stacks

Willingness to work onsite 5 days/week in our East Bay office

You Might Be a Good Fit If…

You like debugging complex systems and making them easier to understand

You’ve worked on backend services and want to deepen your Go skills

You enjoy collaborating in-person with a small, fast-moving team

You’re excited about product ownership and early-stage impact

You want to learn from experienced engineers who’ve built large-scale platforms

What You’ll Get

Competitive salary + stock options

Full health insurance coverage

Onsite work with real mentorship and fast feedback

A front-row seat to the startup rollercoaster (and a say in how we build)

How to Apply

Drop us a note at with a few words about you, a resume, or a GitHub link. We’re not big on gatekeeping—we just want to build with good humans.

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