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, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and EN 18031 compliance, Plaud is committed to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection.

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• 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.

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.

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.

• 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 implement cutting‑edge AI technologies that advance the capabilities of our agentic platforms.
• Clearly communicate technical direction, tradeoffs, and progress to leadership, cross‑functional collaborators, and stakeholders across all levels of technical fluency.
• Build and lead a top‑tier engineering team by recruiting, mentoring, and inspiring a culture of innovation, ownership, and hands‑on problem solving.
• Foster seamless collaboration and alignment across U.S. and international teams to ensure fast, focused execution across disciplines.

• Hands‑on builder: 3+ years of experience in building and scaling productivity SaaS tools.
• Our tech stack:
  
  Experience with Python, FastAPI, Go, Postgre
  
  SQL, or similar technology.
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