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09/04/2026
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Bengaluru, India

Responsibilities

Design and ship moderate to complex backend features with minimal guidance.
Influence technical direction, team objectives, architecture, and long-range goals.
Define backend standards for maintainability, testing, APIs, security, performance, and operational readiness.
Mentor associate and intermediate engineers, remove technical blockers, and participate in code and design reviews.
Diagnose and prevent performance and reliability issues at scale and participate in incident response.
Build, operate, evaluate, and promote responsible use of agentic AI systems in production.

Requirements

Strong command of backend architecture, APIs, data systems, and performance tuning in complex products or services.
Proficiency in modern backend languages and strong understanding of systems programming.
Experience designing or evolving modular backend boundaries, bounded contexts, and migration-safe architectures.
Ability to lead through influence, technical judgment, and clear written communication.
Proven production experience building or operating agentic systems, including loops, tool use, and error-handling strategies.
Helpful experience includes high-throughput distributed systems, concurrency, profiling, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, schema evolution, partitioning, modular monoliths, event-driven systems, public technical communication, open-source maintenance, or developer-focused SaaS.

Benefits

Remote-first, asynchronous work arrangement; all roles are remote, subject to location eligibility requirements.
Health, financial, and well-being benefits.
Flexible paid time off.
Team Member Resource Groups.
Equity compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Growth and Development Fund.
Parental leave.

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