Backend Developer

Job Title : Principal Backend Engineer (AI-Driven)

Experience : 10+ Years

Location : Chandigarh

Tech Stack : PHP, Node.js, Laravel, MySQL, MongoDB

Additional Requirement : Hands-on experience with AI technologies, APIs, or ML integrations

Role Overview :

We're looking for a Principal Backend Engineer (AI-Driven) to design and lead scalable backend systems while driving AI adoption across products.

The role involves integrating AI-powered features, architecting intelligent systems, and mentoring engineering teams on modern backend and AI implementation.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and lead backend architecture using PHP (Laravel/CodeIgniter) and Node.js
• Build scalable microservices / modular backend systems
• Develop APIs and backend workflows for AI-driven features
• Integrate AI APIs (OpenAI, LangChain or similar frameworks)
• Work with LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, and AI pipelines
• Ensure performance, scalability, and security of backend systems
• Mentor engineering teams and drive backend + AI best practices

Requirements :

• 10+ years of backend development experience
• Strong expertise in PHP / Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB
• Hands-on experience integrating AI/ML APIs or AI-powered features
• Strong system design and architecture skills
• Experience leading engineering teams

Good to Have :

• Prompt engineering or AI cost optimization
• Exposure to MLOps / ML pipelines

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps / Kubernetes Engineer. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in container orchestration, infrastructure as code, and GitOps workflows, with hands-on experience in Azure cloud environments. You will be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing modern cloud-native infrastructure and applications at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

· Manage and operate Kubernetes clusters (AKS / K3s) for large-scale applications.

· Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform or OpenTofu for scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure provisioning.

· Deploy and manage applications using Helm and ArgoCD with GitOps best practices.

· Work with Podman and Docker as container runtimes for development and production environments.

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth deployment pipelines and CI/CD integrations.

· Optimize infrastructure for cost, performance, and reliability within Azure cloud.

· Troubleshoot, monitor, and maintain system health, scalability, and performance.

Required Skills & Experience:

· Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (AKS / K3s) cluster orchestration.

· Proficiency in Terraform or OpenTofu for infrastructure as code.

· Experience with Helm and ArgoCD for application deployment and GitOps.

· Solid understanding of Docker / Podman container runtimes.

· Cloud expertise in Azure with experience deploying and scaling workloads.

· Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging frameworks.

· Knowledge of best practices around cloud security, scalability, and high availability.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Contributions to open-source projects under Apache 2.0 / MPL 2.0 licenses.

· Experience working in global distributed teams across CST/PST time zones.

· Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

What you’ll do:

• Work closely with the founders and the team to plan, design, and build the next iterations of Dyte’s video-audio APIs.
• You will collaborate closely with other engineers of the team and lend your help in your areas of expertise.
• Build micro-services to support new functionality.
• Build best practices to improve the current API workflow.
• Help us scale our current micro-service framework to support a multi cloud, multi region environment.
• Work closely with the media and the infra team to optimise the performance and reduce the latency of our API framework.
• Help design and develop the next iteration of our observability platform.
• Mentor and hire Junior Developers.
• Ensure that our customer’s experience is the best it can be. You might have to interact with the dev team of our clients.

Who you are:

• 5+ years of experience working as a software engineer in a fast paced environment.
•  Well versed with Golang or Javascript.
• You are intensely curious and passionate about the prospect of diving deep into multiple technologies, platforms, and problem spaces, even if they are currently unfamiliar.
• You embrace uncertainty. Our space is a rapidly growing one and specifications are continuously changing.
• You care about the user experience and know-how to build user-friendly web applications.
• You have experience with continuous delivery. Experience with AWS is a bonus.
• You have a working understanding of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms.
• You care about web technologies, exploring data, and software design (and video calls!).
• You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and can communicate your ideas.
• Experience with WebRTC, iOS, Android, or C++ development is a bonus.
• A degree in Computer Science or a similar area are bonuses.

Our Perks:

1. Competitive Salary
2. ESOPs
3. Medical Insurances
4. Friendly leaves policy
5. 100% Remote Option

About the job:

You'll be responsible for building backend of our platforms. You must know Mongodb, and Node.js.

Expectations:

Develop backend API’s.

Strong ability to design and configure schema and MongoDB data modelling

Assuring the complete stack is designed and built for high performance and scalability.

Your Requirement:

Must know Mongodb and Node.js.

Work experience of minimum 2 years.

Worked with startups and evolved products for scale.

Preferred:

Growth mindset & leadership abilities to work in a frugal environment.