About the Company:WAG is transforming how art and collectibles are valued, managed, and traded.Born from the merger of Winston Art Group (the largest independent appraisal and advisory firm in the U. S.) and Artory (a pioneer in art tokenization), we combine deep industry expertise with technologies like AI and blockchain to modernize a $2.9 trillion integral asset class.We're already generating significant revenue and recently raised our Series A from top-tier VCs.Now, we're building the next-generation platform to unlock liquidity, trust, and intelligence in the art market—and we're looking for exceptional engineers to help us do it.Why Join Us:Meaningful equityand competitive compensation.High-impact role at a growing company with revenue, funding, and a compelling visionBuild at the intersection ofart, fintech AI,and blockchain.Acollaborative, pragmatic teamthat values speed, clarity, and technical quality.Remote-flexible culture with an HQ in NYC.Backend by top VCs and trusted by leading collectors, advisors, and institutions.Job Objective:We're hiring aStaff Backend Engineerto be the technical leader and architect of our backend systems.As one of the first engineering hires, you'll own the entire backend architecture—from foundational infrastructure and API design to AI-driven data pipelines and system scalability.This is atech lead role : you'll set technical direction, mentor future backend hires, and establish the engineering culture and standards that will scale with the company.Reporting & Collaboration:You'll report directly to ourHead of Engineering , a highly hands-on technical leader who you'll partner closely with on architecture decisions and technical strategy.Together, you'll co-own the backend vision—balancing immediate product needs with long-term scalability.Our Head of Engineering is deeply involved in code, design reviews, and technical discussions, so you'll have a close working relationship focused on building world-class systems.You'll also work closely with our CPO (Chief Product Officer) and company leadership to translate product vision into robust, scalable systems.This isn't just about writing code—it's about making architectural decisions, evaluating tradeoffs,



and building systems that can evolve as we grow the engineering team.This is an AI-native environment.We move fast using tools like Cursor and Claude Code, build with LLM APIs from Open AI and others, and actively leverage AI in our product and development workflows.If you're excited about being atechnical leaderwho ships production software with AI as a core tool, you'll thrive here.Responsibilities:Technical Leadership & Architecture:Own the entire backend architecturefrom day one—make the critical decisions on frameworks, databases, infrastructure, and patternsDefine technical standards and best practicesfor code quality, testing, documentation, and deploymentLead system designfor complex problems involving data ingestion, LLM orchestration, and real-time analyticsMentor and guidefuture backend engineers as the team grows (you'll likely hire and lead 2-3 backend engineers in your first year)Evaluate and adopt new technologiesthat improve velocity, reliability, or capabilitiesHands-On Development:Build and scale core backend systemsto ingest, clean, and serve structured data at scaleDesign clean, performant APIsto power our client portal, data tools, and internalservicesArchitect event-driven systemsand asynchronous pipelines (queues, pub/sub) forreliability and scaleOwn our infrastructureincluding CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and Ia C (Terraform, AWS)Cross-Functional Collaboration:Co-own technical vision with Head of Engineering:collaborate daily on architecture, technical roadmap, and engineering standardsPartner closely with CPO and product teamto shape roadmap based on technical feasibility and effortCollaborate with data and frontend engineersto define APIs, contracts, and integration patternsWork with company leadership(Head of Engineering, CPO, President) on technical strategy, hiring,



and long-term platform visionCommunicate technical decisionsclearly to non-technical stakeholdersRequirements:B.
S in Computer Science or equivalentExperience 7+ years of backend engineeringexperience with at least 2+ years in a technical lead, staff, or principal role at a high-growth startup or product company.Leadership:Proven track record of mentoring engineers, leading technical initiatives, and making architectural decisions that scale.Expert in Pythonwith deep understanding of performance, concurrency, and design patterns.Strong database expertise(Postgre SQL or similar) including query optimization, schema design, and data modelingDeep knowledge of distributed systemsincluding event-driven architectures, message queues, and async patterns (Celery, Kafka, SQS, etc.)Production experience with AWS(or GCP/Azure) including compute, storage, networking, and managed servicesStrong Dev Ops fundamentals:Docker, Kubernetes/ECS, Terraform, CI/CD, monitoring/observabilityData engineering fluency:ETL/ELT patterns, data lakes vs. warehouses, pipeline orchestrationMindset:Youbalance pragmatism with technical excellence —you know when to move fast and when to invest in infrastructureYou have abias toward simplicityand can articulate tradeoffs clearlyYou'reexcited about AI toolingand actively use tools like Cursor, Claude, or Copilot to increase velocityYouthrive in ambiguityand can chart technical direction with incomplete informationPreferred:Experiencebuilding 0→1 productsat early-stage startups (seed through Series B)Hands-on experience with LLM/AI integrationin production systems—you've shipped features using Open AI, Anthropic, or open-source modelsPrior tech lead or staff engineer experienceat a Series A+ companyExperience withML/AI model deploymentand managing inference costs/latencyFamiliarity withdata warehousing(Snowflake, Big Query, Redshift) and analytics toolsDomain knowledge inart, collectibles, fintech, or fragmented asset classesExperiencehiring and building teams(you'll be involved in hiring future backend engineers)PerksSchedule:Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pmModality:Full-time, Contractor, Remote in Mexico, Colombia or ArgentinaSalary:$96,000 to $108,000 USD net annuallyEquityLocation:

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