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Open nowPosted 318 days ago

Founding Engineer

therumor1 open role

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New York City, NY
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We’re building Rumor, a data-rich, AI-enhanced platform powering culture’s most important events. Our focus now is on real-time intelligence: profile enrichment, discovery, recommendations, and network graph. We’re looking for a Senior Founding Engineer to design and own the backend systems that make this possible.

What You’ll Lead

  • Core backend architecture: evolve our microservices, data models, API layer, and system reliability.
  • Data & intelligence layer: build enrichment pipelines, scoring engines, and recommendation logic.
  • Cross-product execution: ship features across Host Portal, Member App, and Admin tools in tight partnership with product + design.
  • Technical decisions: set patterns, improve tooling, drive performance, and shape the engineering culture.

What You Bring

  • 6–10+ years engineering experience, ideally across startups and system design.
  • Strength in backend architecture, distributed systems, and microservices.
  • Experience with Node.js/NestJS, TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, AWS, queues, and event-driven architectures.
  • Strong grasp of data modeling, search, rankings, and real-time systems.
  • Ability to move fast without breaking quality — pragmatic, not academic.
  • Comfortable owning large scopes and collaborating closely with product/design.

Engagement Structure

  • Contract with the intention to convert to full-time
  • NYC preferred (hybrid)
  • High ownership, high impact, high visibility role
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