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Posted June 2025. This role may already be filled. Kept as a salary reference point.

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Founding Engineers

InstantDB
[F] CRUNCH
USD 150,000 - USD 200,000
InstantDB (YC S22) | Founding Engineers | ONSITE - San Francisco | Full-time | https://instantdb.com

We're looking for talented individuals interested in solving some of the hardest problems in real-time databases and front-end technology. If you love building delightful developer experiences and want to work on cutting-edge tech, we want to hear from you!

Our current stack: Typescript + Clojure + AWS Aurora Postgres

* We offer client SDKs, a CLI tool, and web GUI to interact with Instant. All written in Typescript

* We have a server written in Clojure for managing websocket connections, parsing queries, running permissions, and broadcasting novelty.

* All of which sits on top AWS Aurora Postgres

Open Roles:

* Typescript Engineer - Help build the best type system for our database and improve developer experience.

* Full-Stack Engineer - Build frontend sync engines and UIs that developers use for hours.

* Backend Engineer - Solve hard database problems and build infrastructure to handle 100k+ connections.

Additional details:

* Location: We're based in San Francisco, CA!

* In-person or open to relocation only: We're a small team and we really do prefer all working together in person!

* Compensation: Sliding scale between 0.5%-2% equity and 150k - 200k base + medical/dental/vision benefits

Our vision is to be the infrastructure for all apps of the future. If this jives with you we should really talk . Send us an email: founders@instantdb.com with a bit about yourself, and a project you've worked on.

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