Founding Backend Engineer

Posted 3 Days Ago
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New York City, NY
In-Office
150K-250K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Software
Meridian is building the visibility layer to AI.
The Role
The role involves designing backend systems for AI analytics, developing scalable APIs, optimizing data pipelines, and ensuring system security and performance.
Summary Generated by Built In

As a Backend Engineer, you'll design and enhance the core systems powering our AI capabilities. Your role involves developing scalable APIs, efficiently processing large datasets, and building reliable, performant backend infrastructure.
What You’ll Do

  • Design and implement robust backend systems supporting AI-driven analytics.

  • Develop scalable APIs enabling real-time insights and efficient data handling.

  • Optimize data processing pipelines for large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.

  • Ensure system security, performance, and reliability at every level of the stack.

  • Work closely with front-end engineers and data scientists to deliver seamless, high-impact features.

  • Own key technical decisions, balancing speed with long-term maintainability.

Who You Are

  • A strong portfolio or GitHub showcasing backend development expertise.

  • Expertise in Node.js, Typescript and Python with hands-on experience building scalable backend solutions.

  • Deep familiarity with database systems (PostgreSQL, S3, data lakes etc.) and efficient query design.

  • Proven track record developing robust data pipelines and experience with distributed systems.

  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

  • Strong grasp of security best practices, API authentication, and performance tuning.

  • Comfortable in a fast-moving, high-performance startup environment.

  • Experience in System Prompt Engineering and LLM Output Evaluation.

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Node.js
Postgres
Python
S3
Typescript
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The Company
HQ: Brooklyn, NY
2 Employees
Year Founded: 2025

What We Do

Search has changed. Hundreds of millions of consumers are now using AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews to find products and services. Meridian builds tools for companies to measure, optimize, and improve how their brand and products show up in AI search.

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