Senior Backend Engineer, Pulley
Data
$140-200k
+ Equity
Equity information platform for startups
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Equity information platform for startups
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-200k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make it easier for anyone to start a company.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, values clean architecture and maintainable code, and wants to have direct impact on systems that power company-building at scale
- 5-7 years of experience building backend systems in production environments
- Strong proficiency in Go, with experience building scalable web services
- Solid understanding of database design, SQL, and data modeling best practices
- Experience with API design and working closely with frontend teams
- Familiarity with distributed systems concepts and performance optimization
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail in complex technical domains
- Collaborative mindset and experience working in cross-functional teams
- Bonus: Experience in fintech, legaltech, or other high-trust domains with complex data requirements
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale the backend systems that power Pulley's product experience
- This is a foundational role focused on developing reliable infrastructure, implementing data models and APIs, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact features for startup founders
- As a Senior Engineer, you'll own the implementation of complex backend features that span multiple services, contribute to architectural decisions, and help improve our data persistence layer
- You'll work closely with product, design, and other engineers to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions while maintaining the high quality standards our customers depend on
- Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and data models that support new product features and platform capabilities
- Implement database schemas, migrations, and ensure data integrity across our persistence layer
- Collaborate with frontend and product engineers to design APIs that enable seamless user experiences
- Work with senior engineers to contribute to architectural decisions that improve system reliability and performance
- Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews to maintain engineering quality
- Partner with PMs and designers to break down complex product requirements into technical implementations
- Help improve our development processes and contribute to engineering best practices
Our take
Due to startups raising funding in multiple stages, calculating the ownership breakdown as the business evolves can be difficult. Pulley hopes to make that process less opaque with cap-table management and scenario-modelling tools that provide founders with employee and investor equity information.
The platform enables startups to model dilution in future rounds, helps employees understand the value of their equity as the company grows, and makes maintaining equity plans faster and easier.
Based on the costs to manage cap tables and the potential opportunity lost due to companies staying private for longer periods, the market Pulley operates in is worth up to $10 billion. Competition comes from Carta and Morgan Stanley's Shareworks.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2022
$40m
SERIES B
Oct 2020
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $50.2m
Company benefits
- Generous health insurance
- Unlimited vacations
- Commuting & food
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Yin Wu
(Founder)Computer Science BS from Stanford. Former software engineer at Microsoft and founder of several computer technology start-ups.
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