Back-end Engineer

We are hiring a product engineer who can fully own projects and ship them.

This is a remote role. We work async-first with 2 to 4 hours of US EST overlap.

We are not splitting engineering into frontend and backend roles. You're a well-rounded builder who can move across the stack, make strong product and technical calls, ask for help when needed, and deliver features end to end. Most weeks you'll be deep in the backend, scraping pipelines, queues, and AWS. Some weeks you'll polish a React surface that customers touch every day. Both matter.

Strong backend and architecture judgment is the heart of this role. So is product taste. So is the ability to use AI as a force multiplier without lowering the bar.

- You are genuinely full-stack, with the center of gravity on the backend.
- Your workflow is AI-driven (Claude Code, Codex or Cursor) and you stay fast without getting sloppy.
- You have strong TypeScript experience in production. We use tRPC, Drizzle, and PostgreSQL. We don't use NestJS-style classes or decorators.
- You have solid systems judgment. APIs, data models, scraping reliability, and trade-offs matter to you.
- You've operated production AWS (we use ECS, S3, SQS) and can read CloudWatch under pressure.
- You've built or maintained scrapers at scale. Anti-bot pain, retries, and dedup are routine for you.
- You write clearly in async English. Slack, Loom, GitHub PRs. You communicate without meetings.
- You want ownership, not a narrow lane.
- You want a small early-stage company where the pace is high, the standards are high, and the founder is one Slack message away.

- Fully remote, async-first. No standups, no sprint ceremonies.
- LATAM-friendly hours, 2 to 4 hours of US Eastern overlap for incidents.
- Daily-cadence shipping. PRs land most days.
- AI tools are part of how we work, not a guilty secret.

- See your work used by Amazon sellers running real businesses on top of it.
- Direct access to the founder, no middle layer, no Jira gatekeepers.
- Small team, fast feedback loops.
- Remote role that lets you focus and create.

- USD $2,000 to $3,000 per month, based on experience.
- Paid via Wise, Payoneer, or Deel — your choice.
- $500 one-time equipment stipend.
- Up to $100/month for books, courses, or conferences.
- 20 days paid time off. Take it when you need it.

We care more about proof of work than polished applications.

When you apply, send:
1. Three things you've shipped in the last 30 days. Anything counts: prod features, side projects, PRs, deployed tools.
2. Your GitHub link.

Optional but appreciated: your AI workflow (tools, prompts, guardrails), and the last time you pushed back on a bad idea at work.

We respond within 5 business days. Selected applicants get the trial task within 7 days.