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We need someone who enjoys the challenge of building systems from the ground up and wants to see their work have a direct impact on the product.What You'll DoArchitect resilient, observable, and cost-effective systems that scale smoothly.Develop and optimize robust APIs to support frontend experiences, ML systems, and external integrations.Lead backend design for video streaming, LLM pipelines, and large-scale data processing.Establish best practices around security, privacy, and performance.Take architectural decisions and help set long-term engineering direction.What We're Looking ForYears of experience building backend systems at scale, ideally in high-throughput or high-availability environments.Understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and microservices.Comfortable with relational and/or NoSQL databases like Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.Skilled at profiling, debugging, and optimizing systems for scale and speed.High security standards, and ready to iterate and quickly get things to production.Experience working with Node.js, AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB / SQL acceptable), AI API integration, GPU-hosted model experience, and low-latency video streaming systems.Ready to step in and put out fires whenever something breaks.Bonus PointsBeen a start-up founder or worked in an early-stage environment before.You enjoy high-ownership, high-speed, no-hand-holding environments.Experience building and maintaining high-end streaming systems optimized for low latency and lag-free performance at scale.General NotesPrior startup experience or a passion-led approach to work is highly valued.While the culture is highly intense and not aligned with strict 9–5 expectations, how many hours you put in is totally up to you.Compensation Range: Competitive and market-aligned. 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