Senior Backend Engineer
Piramidal
New York, NY · Posted November 5, 2026
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About the job
Piramidal (YC W24) | Senior Backend Engineer | New York, NY | $200K-$300K + equity | www.piramidal.ai
We’ve built the first-of-its-kind foundation model for brainwave data. Our goal is Intelligence Amplification (IA) by means of creating neural decoders that enable interactions with the language of neurons. Powered by our SOTA foundation model, our first product detects in real time abnormalities in the brains of ICU patients.
We are looking for a backend engineer to help build and scale the infrastructure behind our real time neural monitoring platform. You'll work on hard problems: high throughput streaming, real-time analytics, and hospital grade reliability.
Apply directly here: https://grnh.se/uwaqx1xc9us