Admission Officer

Role: Founding Engineer

Company: SimpleGrid.AI

Location: Bangalore (In-Office)

Compensation: ₹10–12 LPA + Founding ESOPs

About SimpleGrid.AI

SimpleGrid.AI is building a schema-driven AI operating system for physical-world businesses such as factories, D2C brands, export houses, warehouses, and contractors.

Traditional ERP systems like SAP take 12–18 months to deploy and force businesses to adapt to software rather than the other way around. SimpleGrid.AI is solving this by building a schema-driven event architecture powered by AI, enabling companies to deploy operational systems in days instead of months.

The platform is built on Domain-Driven Design (DDD), event-based architecture, and AI-assisted workflows to model real-world business operations dynamically.

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As a Founding Engineer, you will work directly with the founder to design and build the core architecture of this system from scratch.

Responsibilities

Core Engineering

• Architect and build core backend systems for a schema-driven operational platform
• Implement event-based data architectures and immutable event ledgers
• Design scalable APIs and backend services
• Build systems for workflow automation, approvals, and operational tracking

Product Development

• Translate real-world business processes into software schemas and domain models
• Work closely with early customers to understand operational workflows
• Rapidly ship features for production deployments

AI Integration

• Integrate LLMs and OCR pipelines for document parsing and operational data ingestion
• Build interfaces where AI interprets inputs but the system validates before committing events

System Architecture

• Design systems using:
• Domain Driven Design
• Event-driven architecture
• Immutable event logs
• Projection-based data models

Early-Stage Startup Work

• Own large parts of the product from design → development → deployment
• Participate in product decisions, architecture discussions, and scaling strategies
• Work directly with the founder and early customers

Required Qualifications

• Recent graduate (2024–2026) or early-career engineer
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript or Python
• Experience building and shipping real projects (startup project, open-source, hackathon, deployed application)
• Strong understanding of backend engineering fundamentals
• Ability to work in a high-ambiguity startup environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of Domain Driven Design (DDD)
• Experience with event sourcing / event-driven architectures
• Experience building AI-enabled products
• Experience with distributed systems or backend architecture
• Familiarity with data modeling and workflow systems

• Driving the cloud Solutioning ( AWS, Azure , Hybrid Cloud) activities for large complex deals which involve multiple service lines and / or technology domains
• Drive the translation of complex business initiatives into innovative business- technology solutions and ensure consistency across traditional solution boundaries
• Work with Internal stakeholders, Customer stakeholders and Project Managers to understand inefficiencies in clients existing business processes and applications and recommend solutions
• Supports the Global Sales Lead in engaging with senior level customers in either first meetings, or early stages to help shape and design early propositions, assisting to build the pipeline
• Ensure that the solution translated from business objectives is fit for purpose and clearly demonstrates value for money. The solution executive should be able to be confidently explain this to CxO level customer
• Lead a bid team, combining on- shore and off- shore solution architects to design an affordable, innovative solution which meets a clients requirements and business needs. This solution should fit within the affordability target set together with the Global Sales Leads
• Define solution value proposition and transformational direction which build on the synergies and benefits across service offers
• Provide expertise on commercially structuring deals to differentiate from the competition
• Excellent understanding of the competitor landscape, providing insight into the sales plan on how to beat competition
• Work alongside Global Sales Leads, generating future pipeline
• Ensure that the proposed solution covers strategy, partners (such as AWS, Azure, Google, Hybrid Cloud), stakeholder management as well as the actual solution covering Business, Application and Infrastructure as well as commercial aspects (in terms of value for money and not commercial costing etc.)
• Consultative approach, strong business acumen and commercial awareness, with the ability to translate business issues into relevant technical solutions and competitive propositions
• Recent experience in working for a Tier 1/2 Technology Services Provider or major Cloud Services provider in a pre- sales solutioning role
• Proficient in the Pre- Sales Solutioning Process lead by 3rd Party Advisors
• Prior experience leading, costing and implementing large complex Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing (ITO) pursuits, preferably 50M TCV with a large technology transformation component i.e. workload migration to Public Cloud, data center consolidations, etc.
• Strong proficiency creating business willing solutions aligned with key market growth areas; Public/Hybrid Cloud, Cyber security
• Demonstrated ability to communicate (written verbal) effectively and to influence at CxO level

Cloud Skills

• Experience and/or Certification: AWS - Solution Architect, Microsoft - MCSA/MCSE would be advantageous
• AWS , AZURE , Google Cloud Hybrid Cloud , Cloud Infrastructure , Private Cloud

MODE OF INTERVIEW - FACE TO FACE

MODE - WORK FROM OFFICE

LOCATION - BANGALORE

JOB DESCRIPTION -

At least 5+ years’ experience working in the IT industry

• 4+ years of experience developing custom applications on the Salesforce development environment including Force.com IDE, Migration Tools, SOSL, SOQL and Web Services
• Solid understanding of Salesforce, such as configuration, workflows, triggers, managing custom objects, fields, formulas, Force.com IDE, Migration Tools, SOSL, SOQL, Web Services, Lighting Enablement, Aura framework and Lightning web components.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced setting and prioritize among competing tasks and assignments
• Must be a self-starter, with the ability to work independently without constant supervision and micromanagement
• Must be able to work flexible hours to collaborate with remote IT and business team members • Excellent analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Strong customer service mentality

Job Type: Full-time

• Produce clean code and automated tests
• Align with enterprise architecture frameworks and standards
• Be the role-model for all engineers in the team in terms of technical competency
• Research, assess and adopt new technologies as required
• Be a guide and mentor to the team members and help in ramping up the overall skill-base of the team.
• Produce detailed estimates and optimized work plans for requirements and changes
• Ensure that features are delivered on time and that they meet the business needs
• Strive for quality of performance, usability, reliability, maintainability, and extensibility
• Identify opportunities for process and tool improvements
• Use analytical rigor to produce effective solutions to poorly defined problems
• Follow Build to Ship mantra in practice with full Dev Ops implementation
• 10+ years of core software development and product creation experience in CPaaS.
• Working knowledge in VoIP, communication API , J2EE, JMS/ Kafka, Web-Services, Hadoop, React, Node.js, GoLang.
• Working knowledge in Various CPaaS channels - SMS, voice, WhatsApp, RCS, Email.
• Working knowledge of DevOps, automation testing, test driven development, behavior driven development, server-less or micro-services
• Experience with AWS / Azure deployments
• Solid background in large scale software development.
• Full stack understanding of web/mobile/API/database development concepts and patterns
• Exposure to Microservices, Iaas, PaaS, service mesh, SaaS and cloud native application development.
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• Understanding of Agile Scrum and SDLC principles.
• Containerization and orchestrations:- Dockers, kuberenetes, openshift, consule etc.
• Knowledge on NFV (openstack, Vsphere, Vcloud etc)
• Experience in Data Analytics/AI/ML or Marketing Tech domain is an added advantage
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Short runs at Bourdaina are 3 month fast track programs with clearly defined processes & objectives. Atleast one short run is mandatory before joining us for long haul.

Here's what you'll do day-to-day:

• Actively seeking out new sales opportunities through networking and social media.
• A sales intensive role where you help restaurants, F&B brand, Hotels and FMCG brands by selling Bourdaina products
• Demonstrating and presenting products and services.
• Account management for key clients of the organisation.
• Manage end-to-end client relationships including pitching, negotiation, contracting, billing/invoicing, and payment collection, result tracking and troubleshooting.

Here's what we're looking for:

• People with 0 - 3 years of work experience. Relevant experience in B2B sales will be great!
• Someone who comes with a strong sense of initiative and personal leadership demonstrating the ability to function independently, and comfortable working in a startup environment.
• A person who is articulate, organized, detail-oriented, and has the ability to multitask.

Hands on experience in sourcing through job portals and referrals.

Good experience in IT or Non IT recruitment .

Willingness & ability to handle end to end recruitment including internal recruitment.

Should be able to handle multiple requirements simultaneously.

Comfortable with niche hiring & critical search assignments.

Interaction with the candidates and briefing them about the requirement.

Experience in handling walk-in drives.

Interaction with the clients.

Maintain all recruitment-related reports and forms

Should have good working knowledge in Microsoft Excel

Excellent command in verbal and written English.