
Member of Technical Staff - Designer at Internet Backyard (San Francisco, CA)
Internet Backyard· San Francisco, CA· $160k–$180k·
Role details
Job description
About Internet Backyard
Internet Backyard is building the financial infrastructure that connects modern compute: data centers, neoclouds, colocations, and the energy that powers them. Billing, payment automation, and financial operations: we own all of it for compute providers. We’re building the financial backbone of the entire data infrastructure industry. We’re early. Small team. Moving fast. We build in person. Well-funded.
What You’ll Do
You'll build and ship frontend features. End to end. Polished. You work at the intersection of product design and frontend engineering. You’ll take a rough idea and make it something real and ship it. The look, feel, and how it works. It’s all yours. You have taste, understand your craft and have some engineering chops. What you don’t know, you figure out.
What We’re Looking For
- Exceptional early-career builders are encouraged to apply. We count smarts, not years.
- You use AI tools as part of your actual workflow. Prototyping, generating UI variations, writing frontend code. A real speed multiplier.
- You know the difference between a clean component and a messy one.
- Your portfolio does the talking.
- You care about the craft. Not just how it looks, but how it works, how it's built, and whether you'd ship it yourself.
- You understand why the financial infrastructure behind compute matters and you want to be part of building it.
How We Work
No layers, no handoffs, no hiding behind process. Everyone is close to the work and expected to use good judgment. Agency and autonomy are yours to lose. Be kind. We don't do jerks.
Compensation & Benefits
Base Salary: $160,000-$180,000 USD Equity: 0.5-1.5% Healthcare, vision, dental, monthly stipend, private chef, 401(k), and whatever else you need to help build a generational company.
Why work at Internet Backyard
- Culture highlights: Described as "intense" and "seriously hard" – the team values ownership, speed, and building systems that will outlive them. The CEO has stated they are "building the next asset class" and that conventional work-life balance may not fit, but the upside is the chance to shape the financial infrastructure of AI from the earliest days.
- Remote/hybrid/office policy: Based on Built In, the company operates from physical offices (San Francisco and Toronto/Locations in Canada). The website and LinkedIn suggest a mix of in-office and remote, with a clear emphasis on in-person collaboration.
- Notable perks or engineering culture: Early-stage equity; direct exposure to founders and Basis Set Ventures; the opportunity to work across finance, infrastructure, and AI. The team is small (less than 10 people) so engineers will have massive ownership and cross-functional impact.