Staff Backend Software Engineer - Winston Artory Group

About Winston Artory Group

WAG is transforming how art and collectibles are valued, managed, and traded. Born from the merger of Winston Art Group (the largest independent appraisal and advisory firm in the U.S.) and Artory (a pioneer in art tokenization), we combine deep industry expertise with technologies like AI and blockchain to modernize a $2.9 trillion global asset class.

We're already generating significant revenue and recently raised our Series A from top-tier VCs. Now, we're building the next-generation platform to unlock liquidity, trust, and intelligence in the art market—and we're looking for exceptional engineers to help us do it.

Why Join Us

• Meaningful equity and competitive compensation
• High-impact role at a growing company with revenue, funding, and a compelling vision
• Build at the intersection of art, fintech, AI, and blockchain
• A collaborative, pragmatic team that values speed, clarity, and technical quality
• Remote-flexible culture with an HQ in NYC
• Backed by top VCs and trusted by leading collectors, advisors, and institutions

About the role

Location

US Remote (East Coast or Central time-zone required). For candidates in NY or Miami, an interview may be conducted in person.

The Role

We're hiring a Staff Backend Engineer to be the technical leader and architect of our backend systems. As one of the first engineering hires, you'll own the entire backend architecture—from foundational infrastructure and API design to AI-driven data pipelines and system scalability. This is a tech lead role : you'll set technical direction, mentor future backend hires, and establish the engineering culture and standards that will scale with the company.

Reporting & Collaboration:

You'll report directly to our Head of Engineering , a highly hands-on technical leader who you'll partner closely with on architecture decisions and technical strategy. Together, you'll co-own the backend vision —balancing immediate product needs with long-term scalability. Our Head of Engineering is deeply involved in code, design reviews, and technical discussions, so you'll have a close working relationship focused on building world-class systems.

You'll also work closely with our CPO (Chief Product Officer) and company leadership to translate product vision into robust, scalable systems. This isn't just about writing code—it's about making architectural decisions, evaluating tradeoffs, and building systems that can evolve as we grow the engineering team.

This is an AI-native environment. We move fast using tools like Cursor and Claude Code, build with LLM APIs from OpenAI and others, and actively leverage AI in our product and development workflows. If you're excited about being a technical leader who ships production software with AI as a core tool, you'll thrive here.

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