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SDE 4 - Backend

Bengaluru
Technology
1 Openings
About the Role
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We are looking for a seasoned backend engineer who can architect, build, and scale mission-critical systems powering the infrastructure platform. You should be comfortable owning complex distributed systems end-to-end, driving technical strategy, and raising the engineering bar while working in a fast-paced, product-focused environment.

What You'll Do
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* Design and build highly scalable, low-latency backend services and APIs powering core products.
* Lead architecture for major product areas - solving hard distributed systems problems around routing, reliability, observability, performance, and data scale.
* Own system design, implementation, testing, and deployment with strong attention to reliability and correctness.
* Work closely with product, infra, and AI platform teams to deliver features with high velocity and high quality.
* Mentor engineers, influence best practices, and shape long-term technical vision.
* Drive performance optimization, cost efficiency, and operational excellence across backend systems.

What We're Looking For
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* 7+ years of backend engineering experience, including building agents at scale.
* Strong proficiency in Node.js, Python, or similar languages, with experience designing and operating microservices architectures.
* Expertise in both SQL and NoSQL data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB, Cassandra).
* Strong understanding of LLMOps, agentic systems, and API platforms.
* Solid experience with AWS and/or GCP, container orchestration, and modern infrastructure tooling.
* Proven experience designing and operating high-throughput, highly available systems.
* High ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
* Experience in a startup or product-centric environment is a strong plus.

Recruitment Notice

“Due to high interest, our team connects only with candidates whose profiles closely match the role mandate.

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