Founding Software Engineer • Typescript
$100k - $200k USD
About Neuroscale
Neuroscale is building the AI recruiting operating system, one unified platform for your entire talent organization, from first touch to hired. Arbi eliminates fragmented workflows, integrates directly with your ATS, and orchestrates AI agents for sourcing, outreach, screening, and candidate intelligence end-to-end. By combining reasoning-optimized models with deep workflow automation, Arbi helps talent teams win more top candidates with dramatically less friction.
We’re backed by top operators and investors, and we’re growing fast. Our momentum is further fueled by blue-chip partners and programs, including the NVIDIA Inception Program, the HPE Unleash AI Program, and our active DoD SBIR Phase II award and contract.
We’re now hiring a Founding Software Engineer to help accelerate features on Arbi to help us dominate one of the largest and fastest-expanding categories in modern software.
The Role
We’re hiring a Founding Software Engineer to help us scale and evolve our core systems. You'll work closely with AI engineers, frontend devs, and product leads to build the APIs, services, and infrastructure powering our agentic workflows.
This is a hands-on role for someone who knows how to build enterprise-grade backends using modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks. You’ll lead major technical efforts, make architecture decisions that scale, and help us stay fast, reliable, and resilient as our user base grows.
What You'll Do & Own
Design, build, and maintain backend services using TypeScript (preferably NestJS)
Develop and document robust REST and GraphQL APIs used by frontend and AI components
Work with PostgreSQL and Redis to manage structured and real-time data
Collaborate across teams to integrate AI pipelines, inference systems, and third-party APIs
Own backend performance, reliability, observability, and dev workflow improvements
Drive engineering excellence via clean code, code reviews, and strong documentation
Evolve our authentication, authorization, and permissioning systems
Contribute to architecture decisions with a long-term view on scale and maintainability
Who You Are
Have 4+ years of experience building production-grade backend systems
Are highly proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript, with deep knowledge of Node.js and NestJS
Have strong experience designing and consuming RESTful and GraphQL APIs
Are comfortable with PostgreSQL, Redis, and caching strategies
Know your way around Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and version control with Git
Value clean architecture, modular codebases, and well-structured data models
Thrive in a high-ownership, fast-paced startup environment with evolving priorities
Bonus Points
Experience building secure, scalable auth systems (OAuth2, SSO, etc.)
Familiarity with async patterns, workers, or event-driven systems (e.g., BullMQ, RabbitMQ)
Exposure to AI/ML tooling, vector databases, or real-time inference workloads
Experience in B2B SaaS or enterprise-scale backend platforms
What’s in It for You
Join a tight-knit engineering team shipping fast and building with ambition
Work on products used by real-world recruiters, analysts, and decision-makers
Be part of a mission-driven company redefining how humans and AI collaborate
Competitive salary, meaningful early-stage equity, and flexible work arrangements
Zero bureaucracy, high trust, and a strong culture of ownership and technical excellence
Base Salary: $100K–$200K
Performance bonus: Quarterly bonuses tied to clear feature shipping targets
Equity: Meaningful early-stage equity (~0.25-0.5%) with a clear range shared during the process
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 14-days of PTO accrued annually
Learning: At least $2,000 per year for courses, events, books, and growth communities
Tools and setup: New macbook, monitor, and a monthly tools budget to run the stack you want
Workspace: Monthly co-working or home office stipend
Flexibility: Remote-first, flexible hours, and work-from-anywhere (digital nomad)
Growth path: Clear, fast-track path to an Engineering Lead as we scale the team
Equal Opportunity
Neuroscale is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and walks of life — including but not limited to race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and disability status.