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Founding Engineer at Bustem.com

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Bustem.com | Founding Engineer | NYC (On-site)

Compensation: $140k–$180k + 0.25%–1.0% equity

Bustem helps e-commerce brands & more, find and shut down copycats, counterfeiters, and unauthorized sellers.

In <12 months: $3M+ ARR, 150+ brands, profitable, no outside capital.

We’re hiring a Founding Engineer to build the core systems behind detection + enforcement.

About the Role

As a Founding Engineer, you will:

  • Build real-time infringer detection (scraping + AI)
  • Build automated enforcement systems (agents/workflows at scale)
  • Own systems end-to-end (architecture → deployment → iteration)

Stack

  • Next.js
  • Postgres
  • Modern backend infra
  • LLMs

You

  • Ship fast, high ownership
  • Comfortable with ambiguity
  • Build systems, not tickets

Why Join

  • Profitable + real traction
  • No legacy / no bureaucracy
  • Direct impact on product + revenue
  • Early enough to matter a lot

Location

NYC in-person

To Apply

Email: genci@bustem.co (send CV & GitHub / projects)

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