Founding Backend Engineer

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer | London | Hybrid | £120k–£140k + meaningful equity Does this sound like you? “I'm a backend engineer who likes joining early, taking ownership and working out how a product should be built before all the big technical decisions have already been made.” If so, this is an opportunity to become the first dedicated backend hire at a startup trying to change how people search for property - an experience that has barely changed in 20 years. They're building a video-first property discovery app. Instead of searching through listings and photo galleries, users swipe through video walkthroughs, with the product learning what they like and showing them more relevant homes. £2m seed raised. Apps launching this month. London launch in January. What you'll own Your job is to build the backend foundations the product can grow on. Build the systems behind the personalised property feedTurn customer behaviour into better recommendationsDecide how data is stored, processed + servedKeep the backend fast, reliable + affordable as usage growsSet the foundations for the backend engineers who join after you The backend is deliberately simple today: TypeScript | Postgres + Supabase | Deno | Cloudflare Workers + R2 You'll decide what stays, what changes and when. You should have Built + scaled backend systems in productionStrong database + data modelling fundamentalsMade significant technical/architecture decisionsDealt with growing users, data, traffic + performance demandsGood judgement about when to keep things simple vs rebuild You don't need recommendation-system experience. Strong backend + data experience matters more. £120k–£140k + meaningful equity Central London · Hybrid · 3 days/week Interviews throughout October. They'll move quickly. Apply or email reuben@techmunity.io