Founding Backend Engineer

HCL International
  • New York, New York
  • Remote
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    A stealth-mode venture at the intersection of entertainment, media, and audience-led investment is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to take ownership of its platform’s core systems. This is a unique opportunity to join an early-stage team building a highly scalable product in a space combining interactive content, audience investment, and Web3 infrastructure.

    The ideal candidate is a senior engineer ready to shape backend architecture, mentor others, and help scale both systems and team as the product moves toward mass adoption.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Architect and evolve core backend systems

    • Contribute as a hands-on individual contributor

    • Establish engineering processes and best practices

    • Collaborate closely with product and design

    • Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering quality

    • Guide and mentor junior developers

    • Help define and track product KPIs

    • Support experimentation and A/B testing

    • Take ownership of deployment, monitoring, and scaling

    • Influence hiring as the engineering team grows

    Tech Environment:

    The stack includes Java, Elixir, JavaScript, and containerized environments with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and modern CI/CD workflows.

    Ideal Profile:

    • 5+ years of backend development experience

    • Strong experience across distributed systems and API design

    • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and deployment at scale

    • Previous leadership or mentoring experience (preferred)

    • Experience with Web3, blockchain, or tokenized platforms (bonus)

    • Strong communication and documentation skills

    • Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment

    What’s on Offer:

    • Salary: $150,000–$200,000

    • Equity options

    • Fully remote and flexible work culture

    • Opportunity to influence product and tech direction from day one



    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNew York, New York (
    Remote
    )
    Websitewww.hcl-international.com

    Skills

    • A/B Testingunmatched
    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Code Reviewsunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Distributed Computingunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Entertainment and Mediaunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Process Developmentunmatched
    • Product Designunmatched
    • Scalable System Developmentunmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • Team Buildingunmatched
    • Technical Recruitingunmatched
    • Web Infrastructureunmatched

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