Senior Backend Engineer

🚀 SENIOR BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER — BUILD FROM 0 → 1 — NYC You know that feeling when you find the thing before everyone else does? This is that. We're looking for a sharp, hungry backend engineer who wants real ownership from day one. This isn't "join a team and pick up tickets." This is get in early at one of NYC's fastest-growing start-ups and help build the backend from the ground up. Billions of interactions. Serious funding. A rocket-ship trajectory people will brag about being part of, years from now. What you'll actually be doing You're not maintaining someone else's spec. You're designing, building, and scaling high-growth backend infrastructure from scratch. You own features and systems from idea to production. You deploy your own code. You'll make real technical decisions and be trusted with them — and you're comfortable using AI tools to work through deeper technical problems, not just the easy ones. Full-send, no red tape. Who we need Strong backend engineering experience — but you already operate like a senior: strong judgment, high ownership, low need for supervisionComfortable with cloud infrastructure — you've deployed and worked with production systems, not just tutorialsStrong fundamentals, solid OOP, real backend experience — you've owned features end-to-endYou've made real technical decisions and can defend themYou're fluent in using AI tools to solve deeper technical problems, not just autocompleteYou learn fast and solve hard problems without needing a mapYou spot the problem and fix it — you don't wait to be toldCS degree from a top university, ideally. But mostly: you're clearly bright, sharp, and built for this Why this is different This is a red-hot platform in a niche that's exploding — connecting users with commercial opportunities through authentic content. You're not employee #3,000 buried in Slack. You're one of the early senior engineers, with real influence and responsibility that most people don't get until much later in their career. Your code ships, your decisions matter, and the line from your work to the company's growth is direct. That's rare at this stage. The money talk 💰 $200K–$225K base — and that's before it gets good. Stack a bonus on top. Then real equity, in a company that's about to be worth a lot more than it is today. Total package: $300K–$400K. Get in now, and the upside is yours to ride. The vibe Financial District, Manhattan. In-office, full-time — the whole team's there, shipping together. Not in NYC yet? No problem — they'll cover your interview and support you the whole way. So — you in? If you're a bright engineer who wants real ownership and to stop shipping other people's roadmap — this is your moment. One of NYC's fastest-growing start-ups is hiring right now, and this timing won't repeat. 👉 Send your resume — link's below. Questions? Hit up Initi8 HQ.