Backend Engineer

we’re hiring a backend engineer for an early-stage ai startup in bengaluru.

the team is building the infrastructure behind a highly personalised ai product with long-term memory, real-time audio processing, speaker identification, transcription, retrieval, and context-aware responses. the backend systems will operate at serious scale, with millions of requests per second and terabytes of data.

this is a high-ownership role for someone who enjoys solving difficult technical problems, owning systems end to end, and working closely with a small, fast-moving team.

location: bengaluru, india

work style: full-time, in-office, 5 days a week

experience: 2–5 years

compensation: competitive salary + meaningful equity

apply here: https://rightfit.so 🏴

what you’ll work on:

• design and build high-performance backend services and apis
• work with microservices, message queues, distributed systems, and production infrastructure
• optimise database queries, caching, reliability, and system performance
• own features from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• build systems that handle large-scale data and high request volumes
• write clean, testable, production-ready code
• lead and support a team of young engineers
• use ai coding tools effectively and help improve engineering workflows

what we’re looking for:

• 2–5 years of backend engineering experience
• strong proficiency in python, node.js, go, or java
• experience with postgresql or mysql and systems such as redis, mongodb, or dynamodb
• hands-on experience with aws, gcp, or azure
• familiarity with docker, kubernetes, git, and shell scripting
• strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• curiosity about systems, infrastructure, and how things work under the hood
• ability to take ownership and work through ambiguous problems
• experience using ai tools for software development

bonus points for:

• experience with ai/ml infrastructure or llm-based systems
• open-source contributions
• strong personal projects or proof of work on github
• experience building and operating systems at scale

what you’ll get:

• competitive compensation + meaningful equity
• a small team with high ownership and high velocity
• the opportunity to work on hard technical problems that don’t have obvious solutions
• the chance to work closely with founders and senior engineers
• potential opportunities to travel and work with the sf ecosystem

if this sounds relevant, create your profile and apply directly on https://rightfit.so 🏛️