Founding Software Engineer (Backend / Infrastructure leaning) – Remote with occasional travel across East Coast – Competitive Salary + Equity jobs in United States
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Orbis Group · 2 days ago

Founding Software Engineer (Backend / Infrastructure leaning) – Remote with occasional travel across East Coast – Competitive Salary + Equity

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$180K/yr - $250K/yr

Orbis Group is a young, early-stage start-up that is building cutting-edge AI platforms, and they are seeking a Founding Software Engineer with a focus on backend and infrastructure. The role involves hands-on coding, building and evolving the product, and supporting customizations, with a potential path toward leadership within the company.

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Growth Opportunities
Hiring Manager
Richard Hindmarch
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Responsibilities

They need a builder
~80% hands-on coding
Heavy focus on backend systems and infrastructure
Full-stack exposure where required
Building and evolving the product
Supporting customer-specific customizations
Working very closely with: CEO (engineer by background, deeply involved in product and engineering), ML engineer, Forward-deployed engineer
Expected to grow into a leadership role over time
Potential path toward Head of Engineering
Looking for someone excited by leadership, not just long-term IC work
Lead-from-the-front profile rather than a pure manager

Qualification

Backend engineeringInfrastructure experienceAWSStartup experienceProduction systemsLeadership potentialHigh-ambiguity environmentsSecurityPrivacy understanding

Required

Senior-level software engineering experience
Strong backend and infrastructure background
Comfortable operating in pre-launch, ambiguous environments
Comfortable working in a small company – currently team is 4 people
Proven experience shipping production systems
AWS experience
Startup Energy: You thrive in fast-paced environments, manage ambiguity well, and focus on what moves the needle

Preferred

Familiarity with agentic systems or agentic services
Start-up experience would be nice-to-have
Regulatory experience in industries such as health-tech or fin-tech or security-first SaaS or privacy- and compliance-heavy domains might be good

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Equity

Company

Orbis Group

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dateFounded in 2013
location
London, England, GBR
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://www.orbisconsultants.com

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Craig Davies
Co-founder & CEO
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