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Minimal AI (YC S25)

Founding Engineer: Backend + AI-Focused Full-Stack Developer (NYC)

Minimal AI (YC S25), New York, New York, us, 10261

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Founding Engineer: Backend + AI-Focused Full-Stack Developer (NYC) Join Minimal AI (YC S25) as a Founding Engineer, focusing on backend, AI infrastructure, and full‑stack development.

Base pay range:

$150,000.00/yr – $250,000.00/yr.

What you’ll do

Ship production features across the stack

Work in tight loops: build → test → measure → refine

Use AI tools daily (e.g., Cursor, Claude) and push them further; automate glue work, generate scaffolds, build evaluations, multiply your output

Take ownership of outcomes, not tickets

What We’re Looking For

You can own features end‑to‑end and enjoy doing so

You ship fast and care about quality, clean architecture, solid tests, and good UI

You’re resourceful, persistent, and figure things out

You’ve built things you’re proud of (products, open source, side projects)

You use AI tools daily and want to keep raising that bar

You think in systems and multipliers, not just tasks

Stack

Backend: Python, FastAPI, AWS

Frontend: TypeScript, React, Next.js

Seniority level Entry level

Employment type Full‑time

Job function Engineering and Information Technology

Industries Software Development

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