Founding Backend Engineer – AI Agents
Building an AI demo is one challenge. Making it reliable enough for customers is another.
An early-stage AI company is looking for a Founding Backend Engineer to build the systems behind an enterprise AI product.
Working closely with the founders, you’ll shape the architecture, ship product capabilities and own the infrastructure that keeps them running. The work combines backend engineering, agent execution and the operational challenges of production software.
What you’ll do:
- Build backend services, APIs and data models.
- Develop agent orchestration and tool-execution systems for multi-step workflows.
- Handle execution state, retries, concurrency and failure recovery.
- Own cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines and observability.
- Work with founders and users to turn changing requirements into dependable product features.
What you’ll bring:
- Strong backend engineering and experience taking products into production.
- Practical experience shipping AI agents, including orchestration and tool use.
- Good judgment around architecture, reliability and customer-data boundaries.
- The ability to build, deploy and troubleshoot the infrastructure around your code.
- Comfort taking ownership when requirements are still evolving.
- Backend TypeScript and Node.js experience
This is an opportunity to shape a product’s technical foundations and see your decisions reach users quickly, whilst making key architectural decisions and influencing product roadmap.
