We are seeking a Founding Engineer to help scale our platform toward Series A and beyond. As a founding team member, you will own, understand, and optimize the backend systems of our mobile app, building the algorithms that power our core user experience and strengthening the cloud infrastructure to support scaling to 1 million users.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of professional experience as a back-end engineer or full stack developer
- Experience with Node.js and NestJS
- Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases
- Experience designing APIs and data models for high-traffic systems
- DB performance optimization (indexes, queries, schemas)
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or similar tool
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines (tests, builds, deployments)
- Understanding of containerized deployments and rollback strategies
- Code Quality: Experience with automated testing (unit / integration)
- Linters, formatters, and code review practices
- Focus on maintainable, production-ready code
- Algorithms & Performance: CS / Math background
- Experience with feed or ranking algorithms
- Performance optimization: caching, lazy loading, preloading, thumbnails
- Observability: Monitoring with Grafana observability stack (i.e. Prometheus)
Benefits
- Relocation package Singapore (PR pathway, settling-in allowance)
- One free annual round-trip flight to your home country
- 14 days annual paid leave per calendar year
- Up to 14 days sick leave and up to 60 days hospitalisation leave after 3 months of employment
- Full basic medical insurance coverage, including outpatient treatment, hospitalisation, and dental care, subject to the insurer’s policy terms
- Salary with Equity
- Post-Funding Benefits