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Founding Backend / Infra Engineer

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HiringCafe

Cupertino, CA (In Person)

$215,000 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 2 weeks ago (Updated 1 week ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/23/2026

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Founding Backend / Infra Engineer HiringCafe Cupertino, CA Job Details Full-time $130,000
  • $300,000 a year 14 hours ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance Paid time off Family leave Vision insurance Qualifications Software engineering Node.
js System design Scalable systems System design for system development Scalability Developing and maintaining backend systems Senior level Python Design (software development lifecycle) Technology infrastructure engineering Full Job Description Job discovery is broken. Indeed and LinkedIn want to keep it that way. Join our team and help millions of people put food on the table by finding the perfect job. Hiring.

Cafe is building a 100× better job search engine — fast, comprehensive, honest, and actually useful. We index millions of jobs, remove noise, rank what matters, and help people find real opportunities without dark patterns, ads, or pay-to-win placement. We don't believe in hype. We believe in shipping product and listening obsessively to users. In 12 months, we grew from 0 1 million+ monthly active users in 12 months. So everything you ship goes directly to real people. Our team Hamed Nilforoshan
  • Stanford AI PhD, Data Science at Airbnb & Snapchat Ali Mir
  • SWE at Meta, Rippling, DoorDash Jure Leskovec
  • Stanford AI Professor, ex-Chief Scientist at Pinterest What we're building Scalable infrastructure that transforms fragmented web data into a clean, searchable platform Web crawlers that scrape every job on earth, in real-time Recommender systems that help people discover opportunities they wouldn't have found on their own A product where engineering, data, and design decisions directly shape how people find their next chapter What you bring to the table You want ownership, leverage, and responsibility from day one.
Technically strong with solid fundamentals in programming and systems design Able to learn fast and go deep on unfamiliar problems Obsessive about details, quality, and correctness Experience with Node.js and
Python Preferred:
an interest in security and reverse-engineering Perks Competitive pay & equity Flexible PTO & family leave Full medical, dental, and vision benefits Design your own perks as a core member of the founding team
Compensation Range:
$130K
  • $300K