Pear VC

Founding Backend Engineer

Pear VC

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Tech Stack

ElasticSearchKubernetesPostgresPythonTerraform

About the role

  • We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help us build and scale our core product.
  • You'll work closely with our Founders and Engineering team to ship features and improve performance across backend systems -- from databases to data ingestion to AI systems.
  • Get onboarded, set up your dev environment, and dive into our systems.
  • Ship a small update or bug fix to get familiar with the codebase.
  • Use the product to understand how it works and identify areas for improvement.
  • Ship two major features
  • Ship features updates daily/weekly with a strong focus on quality.
  • Collaborate closely with the team and customers to shape the future of the product.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in backend development, ideally with startups or fast-moving teams.
  • Strong expertise in Python for backend development.
  • Strong database expertise, including Postgres and/or Elasticsearch.
  • Experience with modern infrastructure management, including Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
  • A bias for action: You ship fast and iterate based on feedback.
  • Strong product sense: You think beyond the code and care about delivering an exceptional user experience.
  • Extreme ownership: You're excited to make a mark and you make sure balls don't get dropped.
Benefits
  • Impact: Your work will directly shape the product and the future of the company.
  • Growth: High ownership, deep collaboration with company and technical leadership.
  • Speed: We move fast, ship often, and value autonomy.
  • Culture: Our team is kind, collaborative, inquisitive, and inclusive – and we want to keep it that way. We have high standards for quality and ethics, and help each other learn in order to reach our objectives.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
backend developmentPythonPostgresElasticsearchTerraformKubernetesCI/CDdata ingestionAI systemsfeature shipping
Soft Skills
collaborationproduct senseownershipaction biasiteration based on feedbackuser experience focus