π° $250,000 - $300,000 π San Francisco, California π 05/09/2026
Apply### **The mission π**
Textla is revolutionizing the communication space. We are the first outbound
operating system for SMS, allowing enterprise brands to leverage AI-first
infrastructure to deliver campaigns at scale.
Website:[ _https://www.textla.com/_](https://www.textla.com/)
### **Our traction π**
We are scaling quickly in a massive market. This is a rare opportunity to join
an early-stage startup with meaningful traction, top-tier investors, and a
small team moving fast.
### **What youβll do β‘**
β’ Own and build core backend systems that power highly scalable messaging
infrastructure.
β’ Design, ship, and maintain backend services that can handle billions of
messages per month.
β’ Move quickly from idea to production while maintaining a high bar for
quality, reliability, and performance.
β’ Work closely with a lean, highly technical team across engineering, product,
and AI workflows.
β’ Solve hard infrastructure problems at scale across routing, messaging,
delivery, automation, and customer-facing systems.
β’ Drive meaningful technical impact in a fast-growing, early-stage startup
environment.
### **Who weβre looking for π**
You are an A-tier engineer that will drive a big technical impact. You have a
passion to lead the build on new innovative products from scratch with the
customer experience in mind with every touch.
We are a people-first company, and believe itβs the foundation from the
smallest product feature to the biggest decisions about what we do as a
company. Businesses are built by people, and we think they should be built for
people, too.
### **Requirements**
β’ 6+ years of software engineering experience with strong career velocity and
technical ownership in early-stage (pre-seed to Series A) startups.
β’ Strong backend engineering experience, ideally with Node.js and TypeScript.
β’ Experience building scalable production systems.
β’ Familiarity with AWS, especially SQS or similar queue-based infrastructure.
β’ Ability to build from 0β1 and operate in a fast-moving startup environment.
β’ Strong judgment around performance, reliability, and system design.
β’ Frontend experience is a bonus, but this is primarily a backend role.
β’ High ownership, low ego, and a bias toward shipping.