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Backend Engineer

222· Engineering, Backend
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$165k - $275kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Backend engineer role at 222, a YC-backed company building complex backend systems to model real-world human interactions and accelerate IRL chance encounters.

Responsibilities

  • experience building systems from 0-1 and 1-100, bringing concepts to life and scaling them
  • designing systems and abstracting complex flows
  • craftsmanship and quality in the systems they build
  • working in a high-agency environment and thoughtful about build choices
  • contribute to a complex backend system modeling human interactions in real world contexts

Qualifications

  • 3+ years experience
  • Skills: Python
  • Experience building systems from 0-1 and 1-100 (concept to scale)

Skills

Required:Python
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About 222

the AI social facilitator for offline human to human interactions

an IRL marketplace facilitating social experiences at local venues/events through AI recommendations.

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