# Backend Engineer at 222

- Company: 222 (YC W23)
- What the company does: the AI social facilitator for offline human to human interactions. Backed by General Catalyst and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.222.place/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York, NY, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $165K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-22
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/222/jobs/ixxLfJT-backend-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/222-backend-engineer/

## About the role

- has experience building systems from 0-1 and 1-100: both bringing a fresh concept to life and hammering out details as they automate/scale it - designing systems & abstracting complex flows comes naturally to them

## What they're looking for

- - has experience building systems from 0-1 and 1-100: both bringing a fresh concept to life and hammering out details as they automate/scale it
- - designing systems & abstracting complex flows comes naturally to them
- - cares deeply about the craft behind the systems they build
- - enjoys high agency environments and is thoughtful about what they build & how they build it
- https://serendipityproject.notion.site/backend-eng
- come contribute to a complex backend system modeling one of the most interesting and impactful domains: how humans interact in the real world

Tags: Engineering