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Posted 27 Aug 2026

Backend Engineer

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Employment
Full time
Team
Software Engineering
Posted
27 Aug 2026

About the role

As an early member of the engineering team, you will work closely with the founders and play a key role in shaping the product and technology from the ground up.


Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with the founders and contribute to key product and technology decisions.
  • Build core systems and products from scratch.
  • Take end-to-end ownership across architecture, engineering, product decisions, and execution.
  • Work deeply with AI/ML, GenAI, and modern engineering technologies to solve meaningful B2B problems.
  • Design and build scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems.
  • Help establish engineering practices, culture, and the technical foundation of the company.
  • Take ownership of ambiguous problems and drive them from idea to architecture to implementation to production.
  • Contribute as one of the early engineering hires and have significant impact on the company's technical direction.


Requirements:

  • Strong software engineering background with a Computer Science / CSE or closely related technical degree.
  • Experience working with strong B2B SaaS / B2B product companies.
  • Experience in AI / ML / GenAI / AI SaaS companies or strong hands-on exposure to AI-driven products.
  • Strong experience in 01 product or platform development.
  • Demonstrated ownership of architecture, system design, coding, and technical execution.
  • Strong problem-solving and engineering fundamentals.
  • Comfortable working in an early-stage, high-ownership and ambiguous environment.
  • Ability to work closely with founders and take independent ownership of critical technical problems.


Education Preference:

  • Top IITs / NITs / IIITs preferred.
  • Strong candidates from Tier-2 engineering colleges can also be considered if they demonstrate exceptional technical depth, product experience, and 01 ownership.
  • Candidates from strong B2B SaaS, AI/ML, GenAI, deep-tech, developer infrastructure, or technology product companies are preferred.


Ideal Candidate Profile:

We are looking for engineers who enjoy:

  • 01 product building
  • Working directly with founders
  • High ownership and autonomy
  • Solving ambiguous and complex engineering problems
  • Building scalable systems from scratch
  • Working deeply with AI/ML/GenAI
  • Creating products for global B2B customers
  • Being part of the core founding engineering team

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