Posted 6 months ago

Founding Engineer, Backend (Senior)

HyderabadOn-siteFull-time

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Founding Engineer, Backend (Senior) — owns end-to-end backend architecture and delivery for an agentic services platform, designing, building, and scaling core infrastructure and workflows from concept to production.

About this role

Build our agentic services platform from zero to one. Own backend architecture from initial concept through production deployment to enterprise scale.

Responsibilities

Architect and build core backend infrastructure using Python and FastAPI

Design and optimize PostgreSQL databases for production workloads at scale

Build complex workflow orchestration systems for agentic services and automation

Implement caching strategies with Redis for high-performance data access

Build monitoring, logging, and alerting systems with tools like Prometheus and Grafana

Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable deployments

Containerize services with Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes

Work independently with minimal direction in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment

Establish engineering standards, security practices, and technical culture

Own systems end-to-end from design through deployment, scaling, and incident response

Requirements

7+ years building production backend systems from concept to scaled deployment

Expert-level Python with significant FastAPI experience in production

Deep PostgreSQL proficiency: complex queries, optimization, schema design, performance tuning

Production experience with Redis for caching, session management, and real-time data

Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Proven track record implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

Experience with monitoring/observability tools and maintaining system reliability

Thrives with autonomy, minimal direction, and ambiguous early-stage problems

Strong system design, security, and operational excellence instincts

Nice To Have

Backend infrastructure for AI/ML applications or agentic systems

Experience building workflow products or workflow orchestration platforms

Managing headless browsers (Playwright, Puppeteer) at scale in production

Experience with Neo4j or other graph databases for complex relationship modeling

Track record scaling systems from hundreds to millions of requests

Previous startup experience shipping rapidly and iterating based on feedback

Skills

AWSAzureCI/CDDockerFastAPIGCPGrafanaKubernetesMonitoringPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonRedis

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