Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Description:

• Join a Y Combinator-backed, AI-powered food tech startup on a mission to revolutionize how the world eats.
• The company is looking for 1-2 senior backend engineers who will report directly to the CEO/Head of Product.
• The goal is to scale Jupiter from 700 creators to 10k+ and achieve a $20M run rate within the next 2 years.
• Work will have a direct impact on product and business growth in a high-autonomy, high-trust environment.
• Areas of experimentation include Generative Engine Optimization, SEO, content generation from recipe videos, and automatic social posting.
• Responsibilities include working directly with the CEO and Head of Product to scale Jupiter’s marketplace, owning key backend systems end-to-end, deploying and monitoring backend services in cloud environments (GCP) using Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, and turning product requirements into technical solutions.
• Design and implement backend services using Kotlin, Micronaut, and Spring frameworks, create RESTful APIs, design and optimize relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Elasticsearch) databases, implement background jobs and event-driven architectures using RabbitMQ, and write and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

Requirements:

• Candidates should have 4+ years of backend development experience, focusing on JVM languages (Kotlin preferred but Java is acceptable if willing to switch).
• Proficiency in backend frameworks like Micronaut or Spring is required.
• Experience with relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Elasticsearch) databases is necessary.
• A solid understanding of object-oriented, functional, and reactive programming paradigms is expected.
• Candidates should have experience with cloud platforms (GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design and development is essential.
• Understanding of event/queue patterns (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar) is required.
• Candidates should excel at problem-solving and debugging.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills are necessary.

Benefits:

• The base salary ranges from $100k–$140k, depending on location, experience, and internal parity.
• Equity options range from 0.2%–0.5%.
• The position is remote-first, allowing work from anywhere within GMT-5 ±4 hours.
• Flexible hours and an async work culture with minimal meetings are offered.
• A competitive benefits package is included.