Hybrid Founding Backend Engineer

at Pear VC

• Job title: Founding Backend Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ElasticSearch, Kubernetes, Postgres, Python, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Founding Backend Engineer developing core product for eDiscovery startup. Collaborating with founders to scale backend systems and ship features rapidly in a high-impact role.

Responsibilities

• We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help us build and scale our core product.
• You'll work closely with our Founders and Engineering team to ship features and improve performance across backend systems -- from databases to data ingestion to AI systems.
• Get onboarded, set up your dev environment, and dive into our systems.
• Ship a small update or bug fix to get familiar with the codebase.
• Use the product to understand how it works and identify areas for improvement.
• Ship two major features
• Ship features updates daily/weekly with a strong focus on quality.
• Collaborate closely with the team and customers to shape the future of the product.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in backend development, ideally with startups or fast-moving teams.
• Strong expertise in Python for backend development.
• Strong database expertise, including Postgres and/or Elasticsearch.
• Experience with modern infrastructure management, including Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• A bias for action: You ship fast and iterate based on feedback.
• Strong product sense: You think beyond the code and care about delivering an exceptional user experience.
• Extreme ownership: You're excited to make a mark and you make sure balls don't get dropped.

Benefits

• Impact: Your work will directly shape the product and the future of the company.
• Growth: High ownership, deep collaboration with company and technical leadership.
• Speed: We move fast, ship often, and value autonomy.
• Culture: Our team is kind, collaborative, inquisitive, and inclusive – and we want to keep it that way. We have high standards for quality and ethics, and help each other learn in order to reach our objectives.