This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Founding Engineer based in India.
This role sits at the core of a fast-scaling, AI-native engineering organization where you will shape both the technical foundation and the engineering culture from the ground up. You will build and own critical backend systems, distributed infrastructure, and agent-powered workflows that directly influence company performance, efficiency, and customer experience. Working closely with leadership, you’ll tackle high-leverage problems spanning data processing, internal tooling, automation, and platform reliability. The environment is highly ownership-driven, fast-moving, and built for engineers who thrive in ambiguity and want end-to-end impact. You’ll also play a key role in defining how AI tools and engineering agents are used in production development. This is a hands-on leadership role where shipping fast and building durable systems go hand in hand.
You will be responsible for building and evolving core backend systems, distributed services, and internal platforms that support enterprise-scale automation and operations. This includes designing reliable architectures for data ingestion, search, payments, reporting, and internal copilots while ensuring scalability and performance. You will also lead the development of AI-native engineering workflows, including agentic systems, CI/CD safeguards, evaluation loops, and observability frameworks that enable safe and efficient AI-assisted development.
You bring strong backend engineering depth with hands-on experience owning production systems in high-growth environments. You are highly fluent in Python and PostgreSQL ecosystems and understand how to design scalable architectures under real operational constraints. You are comfortable working in ambiguous environments, breaking down complex business problems into structured technical systems, and leveraging AI tools as part of your daily engineering workflow.
Based on 7,247 disclosed Software salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $156K/year, with most offers between $123K and $196K (10th–90th percentile: $101K–$233K).
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