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# Backend Engineer at Techstars

- **Company:** Techstars
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/techstars57/jobs/8790116002

## Job description

Backend Engineer

As a Backend Engineer at Techstars, you will be the connective tissue between our data infrastructure and the product teams building Techstars OS — the operating system that drives how we run accelerators, support founders, and make investment decisions. You will own our data pipelines, keep our cloud infrastructure stable and secure, and work across teams to ship reliable, observable systems. This role blends backend data engineering with platform/infrastructure work; the right person is equally comfortable building an ELT pipeline as they are debugging a Kubernetes deployment

## What you will do

- Design, build, and maintain data pipelines that ingest, transform, and serve data across Techstars systems — including Salesforce, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and internal APIs
- Own and evolve our Kubernetes-based infrastructure (Helm, OpenTofu, Github Actions), including deployment tooling, secrets management, and cluster health
- Partner with our senior security engineer on infrastructure reliability — incident response, observability, and proactive improvements to keep things stable
- Maintain and improve our PostgreSQL database layer: schema design, migrations, query performance, and data integrity
- Support Salesforce data flows and integrations with our broader platform
- Build and maintain internal tooling and integrations that connect third-party SaaS tools to Techstars OS
- Contribute to engineering standards: CI/CD practices, testing, code review, documentation
- Work in an agile team environment with a product backlog, sprints, and regular delivery to production

## What you bring

- Solid experience building and maintaining data pipelines — ETL/ELT, data ingestion, transformation, and delivery to downstream consumers
- Proficiency with PostgreSQL: schema design, migrations, query optimization, data modeling
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production (AWS EKS a plus), including familiarity with Helm, kubectl, and debugging workloads
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (OpenTofu, Terraform)
- Strong Python skills for data engineering, scripting, and automation
- Strong understanding of agentic development in a team environment
- Familiarity with AWS services (S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, and related tooling)
- A DevOps mindset: you care about observability (Prometheus/Grafana experience a plus), reliability, and what happens after code ships
- Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills — you can work from symptoms to root cause on unfamiliar systems
- Experience working in agile development environments with a product team
- Strong communication skills — you work well across teams and can explain technical tradeoffs clearly

## Nice to have

- Experience with Salesforce data structures and CRM-adjacent integrations
- Knowledge of financial or investment data (venture capital, startup portfolio management)
- Familiarity with data pipeline orchestration tools (Airflow or similar)
- Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript for backend services
- Prior work at a startup, accelerator, or investment firm

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

## Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: 115,000 - 130,000 Benefits: Techstars offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, and paid time off.

## About Techstars

Since 2006, Techstars has been investing in the world’s most ambitious founders. We find great founders early, through a global network two decades in the making, and back them with capital, mentorship, and the connections they need to grow. [www.techstars.com](http://www.techstars.com)

Techstars is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental handicaps or disabilities, marital status, Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity nor any other basis prohibited by law. Techstars uses E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JHxb17dkxseUFEh_hiBrGXexqtE5s_9G/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WP2-rLpGm7Yg7dkQTKPH9Wc-TjQspShG/view

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## About Techstars

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Techstars is the original mentorship-driven accelerator and a leading pre-seed venture capital firm that supports founders, mentors, investors, and partners in building the future of business.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital Firm / Accelerator)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2006 (incorporated November 2006)
- **Founders**: David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, Jared Polis

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Venture Capital, Startup Accelerator, Entrepreneurship
- **Target customers**: Early-stage founders (pre-seed and seed), corporations seeking innovation, startup communities, universities, governments, and investors.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help founders succeed and make innovation accessible to anyone, anywhere.

## Products & Services
- **Techstars Accelerator**: A 3-month, mentorship-driven program that provides startups with capital investment, intensive mentorship, and access to the global Techstars network. It is the foundation of the company's offerings.
- **Techstars Founder Catalyst**: A 10-week pre-accelerator program that provides early-stage founders with training, tools, mentorship, and network to prepare for the next level.
- **Techstars Startup Weekend**: A 3-day event for aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch ideas, assemble a team, and launch a company.
- **Techstars Anywhere Accelerator**: A remote accelerator program designed to be accessible to founders regardless of their location.
- **Corporate Innovation Partnerships**: Programs designed in partnership with corporations (e.g., J.P. Morgan, Global Brain) to drive innovation and invest in diverse founders.
- **Investor Network**: A platform connecting investors with high-potential Techstars portfolio companies.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Total lifetime capital raised by Techstars accelerator companies is **$32.5B**. The combined portfolio market cap is **$145.6B**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: J.P. Morgan, Global Brain, and a network of thousands of mentors from companies like HubSpot, Stripe, Google, Nike, Amazon, and ESPN.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Named the **world’s most active pre-seed investor** by Crunchbase in 2022 and 2023.
    - Has supported over **10,900 founders** across more than **150 countries**.
    - Portfolio includes **23 unicorns** (companies valued at $1B+), such as Chainalysis, Zipline, DataRobot, Alloy, SendGrid, DigitalOcean, and PillPack.
    - **74% of Techstars companies raise capital within three years** of completing the program.
    - **122 portfolio companies** have a market cap greater than $100M.
    - In 2022, partnered with J.P. Morgan to invest more than $80 million in diverse founders across the U.S.
    - In 2026, formalized a strategic partnership with Global Brain to accelerate innovation in Japan and globally.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Mentorship-Driven Model**: The core differentiator is a high-touch, mentor-driven approach, with access to a vast network of experienced entrepreneurs and industry leaders.
- **Global Network & "Techstars for Life"**: The network is a lifelong community. Founders become mentors, mentors become investors, creating a powerful, self-sustaining ecosystem.
- **#GiveFirst Philosophy**: A deeply ingrained culture of helping others without expecting anything in return, which fosters trust and collaboration.
- **Proven Track Record**: A long history of launching and scaling unicorns, with strong, consistent returns since the first accelerator in 2007.
- **Diverse & Global Reach**: Operates accelerator programs in major cities worldwide (Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, etc.) and a remote "Anywhere" program, making it accessible to a global pool of founders.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global Expansion**: Continuing to scale its network internationally, as evidenced by the partnership with Global Brain and programs in various global hubs.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: A strong focus on investing in and supporting diverse founders, highlighted by the $80M+ partnership with J.P. Morgan.
- **Lifelong Engagement**: Deepening the "Techstars for Life" model to ensure founders, mentors, and investors remain connected and engaged long after a program ends.
- **Supporting Founders at Every Stage**: Expanding offerings from pre-accelerator (Founder Catalyst) to core accelerator and beyond.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: The culture is defined by the core values: **#GiveFirst** (supporting others without expectation), **Network Over Hierarchy** (valuing remote decision-making), **Quality Before Quantity** (scaling with quality), **Do What's Right for Founders**, and **All In, Together** (partnership and commitment).
- **Mission-Driven**: Employees are part of a global mission to make innovation accessible to anyone, anywhere, and to help turn ideas into world-changing businesses.
- **Remote & Hybrid Work**: Techstars is a flexible workplace. While the official headquarters is in New York City, many employees work remotely or onsite at global programs and main hub cities.
- **Impact & Growth**: The work is described as "impact-driven" and "focused on growth," offering a fast-paced, entrepreneurial atmosphere.
- **Diverse & Inclusive**: The company explicitly states it is "Diverse & Inclusive" and looks for people who are "risk-takers, collaborators, and people ready to help cultivate startup culture beyond Silicon Valley."
- **Global Reach**: Employees have the chance to work with and learn from a global network of founders, mentors, and partners across more than 150 countries.
- **Recruitment Fraud Notice**: Techstars notes that all official recruitment activity takes place via `@techstars.com` email addresses and its official website. They never ask for financial information prior to joining.

## Sources
1. [techstars.com - About](https://www.techstars.com/about)
2. [techstars.com - Homepage](https://www.techstars.com/)
3. [techstars.com - Careers](https://www.techstars.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com - Techstars](https://www.linkedin.com/company/techstars)
5. [techstars.com - Startups](https://www.techstars.com/startups)
6. [techstars.com - Investors](https://www.techstars.com/investors)
7. [techstars.com - Mentors](https://www.techstars.com/mentors)
8. [techstars.com - Partners](https://www.techstars.com/partner)
9. [jobs.techstars.com - Job Board](https://jobs.techstars.com/jobs)

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