Founding Backend Engineer
Description For Founding Backend Engineer
Merlin AI is revolutionizing the construction industry with their AI-powered ERP platform. As a Founding Backend Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of building scalable systems that transform how construction companies operate.
The role offers an exciting opportunity to design and develop backend systems, APIs, and databases that power their innovative product. You'll collaborate directly with the founding team to shape the technical architecture and infrastructure, while building secure and fault-tolerant systems that can scale with the company's growth.
Key responsibilities include leading technology selection, maintaining high coding standards, and implementing CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate has strong computer science fundamentals, proficiency in backend languages like Python/Java/Node.js/Go, and experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
What makes this role unique is the chance to work on complex technical challenges while having significant ownership and impact. You'll be implementing machine learning pipelines and AI agents, working with cutting-edge technologies, and seeing your solutions deployed to production.
The company culture emphasizes fast iteration, learning, and experimentation. While work hours can be long, you'll have the freedom to try different approaches and technologies. The fully remote environment offers flexibility, and the competitive compensation package includes both salary and equity.
Merlin AI is backed by Y Combinator and is tackling a massive opportunity in the 30-year-old construction industry. They're already delivering impressive results - reducing manual work by 60%, cutting software costs by $10,000 monthly, and helping projects complete 3x faster.
The founding team brings together deep technical and domain expertise: Ayantika (IIT grad, early Rippling engineer), KS (BITS Pilani grad, successful startup founder), and Sneha (decade of construction industry experience).
If you're passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems, thrive in fast-paced environments, and want to be part of building something transformative from the ground up, this founding engineer role offers an exceptional opportunity to make your mark.
Responsibilities For Founding Backend Engineer
- Design, develop, and maintain backend systems, APIs, and databases
- Collaborate with founding team to define and implement technical architecture
- Build scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems
- Lead selection of frameworks, tools, and technologies
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
- Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend performance
Requirements For Founding Backend Engineer
- Strong foundation in computer science basics, including algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems
- Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Node.js, Go, etc.)
- Experience designing and managing scalable systems and RESTful or GraphQL APIs
- Familiarity with databases (SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and cloud services
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Self-starter mindset with ability to take ownership
- 3+ years of experience
Benefits For Founding Backend Engineer
- Competitive pay
- Agency to learn and grow fast
- Opportunity to build fast, break things, and rebuild them
- Fully remote work environment
- Opportunity to learn new frameworks and experiment
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