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HartleyCo

Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer

HartleyCo, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Base pay range $150,000.00/yr - $225,000.00/yr

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Headhunter & Director | Trusted by YC Founders to Build Their Founding Teams | Facilitating Growth Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer | AI Builder Tools | San Francisco (Hybrid or Onsite)

One of the most technically ambitious YC startups I’m partnered with is hiring a

Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer

to help productionize and scale their AI-driven builder tools.

This isn’t a traditional DevOps or SRE position - it’s a backend engineering role with deep AWS experience, ideal for someone who loves building, deploying, and scaling systems from the ground up.

You’ll work directly with the founding team (ex‑deep learning, infra, and LLM veterans) to take internal AI builder tools from prototype to production - ensuring they’re robust, secure, and infinitely scalable.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Take internal Node.js/TypeScript systems and deploy them to production on AWS

Build and manage the infrastructure that powers scalable AI products

Productionize backend systems for performance, reliability, and observability

Implement containerization (Docker, ECS) and contribute to architecture decisions

Work closely with engineers to expose APIs and backend data for front‑end integration

What They’re Looking For:

5+ years of backend software engineering experience (Node.js, TypeScript, APIs)

Proven track record deploying and scaling backend systems in production

Comfortable with databases, containerization, and CI/CD workflows

Experience in startup or small‑team environments where you’ve owned the full lifecycle

Nice to Have:

Experience with queueing systems (Kafka, SQS) or serverless architectures

Background building AI‑powered or large‑scale web systems

Familiarity with performance monitoring and distributed systems

You’ll be joining a team of world‑class engineers obsessed with building high‑quality, scalable software - not “vibe‑coded” prototypes.

If you’re an engineer who thrives on ownership, speed, and real impact, this is one to take seriously.

Apply I’ll reach out with details.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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