Co-Founder

Technical Co-Founder Opportunity — Shopint.

AI

We are aiming for Y Combinator. We’re building with a YC mindset: high ownership, fast iteration, and strong technical foundations.

Shopint is an AI-powered product review analysis platform focused on helping people understand large volumes of publicly available customer feedback. We use AI to surface recurring patterns, highlight common issues, and generate structured insights—without collecting any personal user data. We’re building carefully, but moving fast. Shopint is currently in early beta / demo stage. We are intentionally validating fundamentals before any full B2C launch.

We’re looking for a strong technical co‑founder to own backend architecture and database systems and help lead the transition toward a B2B‑ready platform. This is a co‑founder‑level role with meaningful equity, not a contractor or short‑term engagement. We are targeting YC‑level execution. This role is for someone who moves fast, thinks clearly, and is comfortable operating under early‑stage startup pressure.

Database Architecture (Critical)

• Design scalable, production‑grade database schemas
• Own event‑based data models for B2C user behavior
• Build aggregation pipelines for B2B analytics and reporting
• Make deliberate tradeoffs around performance, cost, and data retention

Backend Infrastructure

• Scale backend systems end‑to‑end
• Implement robust event tracking, batching, and aggregation jobs
• Own data reliability and system correctness

B2B Platform Development

• Build admin and analytics dashboards
• Design enterprise‑grade APIs
• Implement multi‑tenant architecture

User Behavior Analytics

• Design privacy‑first event tracking (no PII)
• Build analytics pipelines from browser extension → backend → database
• Create optimized views for fast analytical queries

AI Pipeline Optimization

• Optimize AI calls for accuracy, caching, and cost efficiency

• 5+ years backend engineering experience
• Deep database expertise (schema design, migrations, performance tuning)
• Experience owning event‑based or behavior data systems
• Strong understanding of indexing, aggregation, and query optimization
• Experience with analytics or tracking pipelines at scale
• API design experience (REST, authentication, rate limiting)
• Production cloud infrastructure experience
• Experience working with AI or LLM‑backed systems

• B2B SaaS experience (multi‑tenant systems, API keys, webhooks)
• Data engineering or ETL pipelines
• Browser extension backend integration
• Privacy or compliance awareness (GDPR / CCPA concepts)

Why This Matters

We’re exploring a shift from B2C experimentation to B2B use cases, where retailers, brands, and research teams need aggregated, privacy‑safe insights, not raw data. At this stage, database design and analytics architecture are the product. A strong data foundation is essential for scaling responsibly and unlocking B2B value.

• Co‑founder‑level equity stake
• Technical leadership from day one
• Real ownership over architecture and long‑term direction
• Opportunity to build a product with durable impact
• Growth path as we move from beta toward B2B

This is a high‑ownership, high‑expectation role.

• Browser extension that analyzes product reviews in real time
• AI‑powered analysis of common themes and patterns
• Privacy‑first architecture (no PII collection)
• Currently in early beta with active testing

• Retailers need aggregated product feedback insights
• Brands want scalable sentiment understanding
• Research teams need structured review intelligence
• Shopint’s data pipeline is designed to support these needs

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Location:

Seattle preferred (remote‑friendly for the right partner)

This is a co‑founder opportunity. We’re looking for a long‑term technical partner who can move fast, think independently, and build at a YC-level pace.