About the Role

Join Syncopate as a Founding Full Stack Engineer and help modernize the music industry's back office. You'll be a core member of a small, high-impact team building AI-native products powered by cutting-edge LLM technology. This is a rare opportunity to work on meaningful problems without corporate bureaucracy, with strong product-market fit, complete company independence, and concrete financial upside.

What You'll Do

Leverage cutting-edge LLM technology to build AI-native products that solve real industry problems
Design and build data systems capable of ingesting trillions of rows of music data
Help design and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS
Collaborate with the design team to construct beautiful, user-focused frontend experiences
Own your work end-to-end—from design through implementation, testing, and release
Drive growth across multiple areas; as a small company, you'll expand your skills wherever your interests take you

Core Requirements

3+ years of software engineering experience with proven track record
Fluency in TypeScript and the Node.js ecosystem
Hands-on experience with OLAP databases like Clickhouse
Production-grade React experience for frontend development
Proficiency with cloud-based DevOps workflows
Ambitious mindset and commitment to building something you're genuinely proud of

You'll Thrive If You Have

Genuine interest in the music industry and understanding of its nuances
Comfort working with massive, complex third-party datasets
Experience building production-ready AI-native applications that use LLMs for mission-critical components while maintaining reliability and accuracy
A collaborative spirit suited to a nimble, dynamic startup environment

Why Join Syncopate

Syncopate offers a unique combination of benefits rare in the startup world: high-end compensation, significant performance-based bonus opportunities, low bureaucracy, and genuine high-impact work. You'll work in a very small team where your contributions directly shape the product and company direction. The founders are intentional about building sustainable business fundamentals—strong product-market fit, independence, and fair compensation for talented engineers who want to work on meaningful problems.

If you're tired of startups with unclear product-market fit, excessive VC pressure, or insufficient compensation, this is different.

💰 Compensation not publicly listed. Market estimate for similar roles: from $115K, varying by experience and location.

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