Founding Backend Engineer

Founding Backend Engineer About Plaud Inc. Plaud is building the world's most trusted AI work companion for professionals to elevate productivity and performance through note-taking solutions, loved by over 1,000,000 users worldwide since 2023. With a mission to amplify human intelligence, Plaud is building the next-generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize what you say, hear, see, and think. Plaud Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based company pushing the boundary of human–AI intelligence through a hardware–software combination. With SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO27001, ISO27701, and EN18031 compliance, Plaud is committed to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection. To learn more about Plaud, please visit http://www.plaud.ai/https://www.Plaud.ai and follow along on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/plaud_official/, https://twitter.com/PLAUDAI%22HYPERLINK%20%22https:/twitter.com/PLAUDAI%22%20%5C%22HYPERLINK%20%22https:/twitter.com/PLAUDAI%22%20%5CX https://twitter.com/PLAUDAI, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/plaudai, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/plaudai/?viewAsMember=true, and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@PLAUDAI Why You Should Join Us Plaud is building the next generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think. - Plaud is a bootstrapped, skyrocketing, profitable company with a $250M revenue run rate achieved in just three years. - Define the next-gen paradigm for human-AI interaction. - Gain exposure to cutting-edge AI for Pro tools and play a direct role in our global expansion. - Work with passionate teammates who value innovation, collaboration, and customer success. - Grow your career in a culture that champions continuous learning and fast career development. - Market-competitive compensation, global exposure, and a vibrant, creativity-fueled work atmosphere. About the Role We’re hiring a highly motivated and entrepreneurial Founding Backend Engineer to lead the technical execution of our "Plaud for Teams" product experience across all professions. In this role, you'll be at the forefront of shaping the architecture, systems, and interfaces of our AI-native product experience and agentic AI platforms, with a strong focus on fostering privacy-minded collaboration among humans, and human-with-agents, powered by large language models (LLMs). You’ll take ownership of critical backend systems while partnering with global teams spanning product, design, research, hardware, and go-to-market functions. Together, you'll transform ambitious ideas into scalable solutions for consumers and business alike. Who Should Apply You’re a seasoned engineer with a builder’s mindset—someone who thrives in early-stage environments and has successfully taken business products from zero to launch. You bring several years of hands-on experience as a high-impact individual contributor and have also recruited and led small, agile teams through fast-paced product development cycles. We're looking for a technically strong leader who combines engineering depth with sharp organizational instincts. You know how to guide a team toward execution while fostering alignment, clarity, and momentum across the company. What You Will Do - Take full ownership of the technical strategy and execution for our "Plaud for Teams" product roadmap, ensuring it stays tightly aligned with business goals and evolving customer needs. - Guide the complete lifecycle of our "for Team" stack—from initial vision through to product launch—by setting clear, measurable milestones guided by Product Led Growth (PLG) principles. - Architect and deliver scalable permission and collaboration systems and API integrations that enrich functionality and user experience, all while upholding the highest standards for privacy, security, and quality. - Continuously explore, evaluate, and i ... (truncated, view full listing at source)