Senior / Staff Backend Engineer
About the Role
Join a lean, high-output core engineering team at an AI-first startup building the next generation of physical threat intelligence and critical event management. The platform combines real-time AI-powered 911 radio monitoring with OSINT from major social networks to deliver verified, actionable threat alerts to enterprise security operations teams — in seconds. The company has strong early traction, meaningful ARR, and is backed by top-tier seed investors.
We're adding 1–2 Senior / Staff Backend Engineers to the core team. You'll own critical platform functionality end-to-end and help shape features the industry hasn't seen yet.
What You'll Do
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Own core backend platform features end-to-end — from concept and architecture through deployment and iteration
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Build and maintain low-latency, highly available backend services that power real-time threat detection
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Collaborate cross-functionally in a fully remote, distributed team environment
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Integrate external data sources and OSINT-style data feeds into the platform pipeline
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Contribute to AI pipeline architecture and agentic workflow systems
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Drive 0→1 feature development with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
What We're Looking For
Required:
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Senior or Staff-level backend engineering experience
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Demonstrated 0→1 ownership — founding a product, or owning a large feature/product end-to-end from concept through production
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Experience building low-latency, highly available distributed backend systems
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Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable collaborating asynchronously across a remote team
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Proven ability to work with flexibility across different engineering specialties in a lean team
Nice to Have:
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Experience building user-configured workflow or automation systems
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Experience designing or maintaining AI / ML pipelines
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Experience integrating external data sources or OSINT-style feeds (threat intelligence, social data, radio/dispatch data, etc.)
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Early-stage startup experience (sub-10-person engineering team)
Compensation & Benefits
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Salary: $180,000 – $205,000 per year
- Fully remote position
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Visa sponsorship: Not available
Location
Fully remote. Open to candidates based anywhere in the United States.
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