Location: 100% Remote
Start date: ASAP
Languages: Fluent English (required)

Who This Role Is For

If youve shipped scalable systems at AI or fintech startups, thrived in VC-backed environments, or built features that thousands of users rely on, this role is for you.

Were looking for engineers who love full ownership, complex technical challenges, and seeing their work directly impact product and company growth. Whether your expertise is Python, Go, Node.js, or full-stack with React/TypeScript, if youve helped startups scale, youll feel at home here.

What Youll Do

Build and scale backend services using Python, Go, or Node.js
Contribute to full-stack features with TypeScript + React where applicable
Design APIs, real-time pipelines, and distributed systems for production workloads
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
Influence architecture, tooling, and best practices in a fast-growing startup environment
Leverage AI-assisted development tools like Cursor to speed up workflow

What Were Looking For

4+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer
Strong in Python, Go, or Node.js
Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React/TypeScript) is a plus
Experience in VC-backed startups or scale-ups
Comfortable with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Strong fundamentals: distributed systems, APIs, databases
Collaborative, self-driven, and able to thrive in a fast-moving startup environment

Bonus Points

Experience in fintech, payments, or AI-assisted tooling
Exposure to event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub)
Experience contributing to developer tooling or internal frameworks
Interest in using Cursor or other AI coding tools
Prior scale-up experience with high-growth products

Why This Role Will Pivot Your Career

High impact: Build production systems used by real customers in high-growth startups
Ownership & autonomy: Take responsibility for features end-to-end
VC-backed scale-up experience: Gain exposure to rapid growth, high stakes, and technical excellence
Cutting-edge stack: Work across Python, Go, Node.js, TypeScript/React, and AI-assisted tools
Career leverage: Opportunity to grow into lead, staff, or architect-level roles with visibility to senior leadership

Pragmatike is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants without discrimination. We recruit on behalf of our clients and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.We are committed to a fair and inclusive hiring process. We process your personal data solely for recruitment purposes, in accordance with applicable privacy laws, and maintain reasonable safeguards to protect your information. Your data may be shared with our client(s) for hiring consideration, but will not be disclosed to third parties outside of the recruitment process.

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Who This Role Is For

If youve shipped scalable systems at AI or fintech startups, thrived in VC-backed environments, or built features that thousands of users rely on, this role is for you.

Were looking for engineers who love full ownership, complex technical challenges, and seeing their work directly impact product and company growth. Whether your expertise is Python, Go, Node.js, or full-stack with React/TypeScript, if youve helped startups scale, youll feel at home here.

What Youll Do

Build and scale backend services using Python, Go, or Node.js

Contribute to full-stack features with TypeScript + React where applicable

Design APIs, real-time pipelines, and distributed systems for production workloads

Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions

Write clean, maintainable, and testable code

Influence architecture, tooling, and best practices in a fast-growing startup environment

Leverage AI-assisted development tools like Cursor to speed up workflow

What Were Looking For

4+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer

Strong in Python, Go, or Node.js

Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React/TypeScript) is a plus

Experience in VC-backed startups or scale-ups

Comfortable with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Strong fundamentals: distributed systems, APIs, databases

Collaborative, self-driven, and able to thrive in a fast-moving startup environment

Bonus Points

Experience in fintech, payments, or AI-assisted tooling

Exposure to event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub)

Experience contributing to developer tooling or internal frameworks

Interest in using Cursor or other AI coding tools

Prior scale-up experience with high-growth products

Why This Role Will Pivot Your Career

High impact: Build production systems used by real customers in high-growth startups

Ownership & autonomy: Take responsibility for features end-to-end

VC-backed scale-up experience: Gain exposure to rapid growth, high stakes, and technical excellence

Cutting-edge stack: Work across Python, Go, Node.js, TypeScript/React, and AI-assisted tools

Career leverage: Opportunity to grow into lead, staff, or architect-level roles with visibility to senior leadership

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