About the job

Founding Engineer - Backend

Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Tel Aviv, Hybrid

Full-time

Mission - Empower Logistics Leaders with AI

We shine a light on the black box of 3rd party logistics (3PL) that ecommerce brands work with to outsource their logistics (warehousing, fulfillment, shipping).

More at https://40kft.com

Together with the fouding team, you’ll be responsible for shaping the future of our product in every possible aspect. From architecture to coding and production, cloud infrastructure to UI/UX.

You will have impact on everything.

If you’re excited about changing the world of logistics for ecommerce brands, love contributing across disciplines - from backend & infrastructure to product design & customer impact, and want to shape the trajectory of an early-stage company, we’d love to meet you.

What We’re Looking For

Must-Haves:

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Backend development
• Experience with complex Backend systems, preferably a SaaS product
• Ownership mindset and comfort in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Fast thinker with the ability to learn new technologies and perform tasks in areas that are unfamiliar

Bonus Points:

• Experience as a founding engineer, or as part of the initial team at a startup

What You’ll Do

• Build the web-based platform of our product from scratch
• Build an agentic AI-based solution to enable fast onboarding and deliver quality insights from logistics data
• As a founding engineer you’ll do everything that is needed to achieve the business goals of our company
• While this is not the main focus of this role, you’ll be helping to set up our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, assist customer success and support teams with tooling to allow them to perform their role efficiently etc

The Process

Our process is collaborative and fast-paced. We look for clarity of thought, creative problem-solving, and a strong bias toward execution.