Backend Developer

Founding Engineer (Bangalore)

The problem:

Business enterprises overpay vendors - on every batch of invoices, on every month because the data that would catch lives in different systems. We are building an AI agent that processes invoices end-to-end, reasons across all the relevant sources, flags genuine discrepancies, and acts - without a human having to investigate each one.

What you will own

Everything engineering. Schema design to deployment to the 2am fix when something breaks in production. There is no tech lead above you. There is no platform team. There is the architecture, you, and the founders. Concretely, this means building:

• A multi-stage agentic pipeline that takes a vendor invoice and produces a structured decision - fully autonomous for clear cases, escalating to human review for genuinely ambiguous ones. We use LangGraph, but if you've built equivalent systems with Temporal, Prefect, or custom state machines with LLM orchestration, that works
• An LLM-powered extraction layer that handles real invoices - scanned PDFs, stamped documents, inconsistent layouts - and returns structured output
• A graph data model that connects invoices to various sources and can traverse those relationships to detect discrepancies
• ERP connectors, GST validation logic, and a write-back layer that closes the loop

What we need

• Strong Python. Async FastAPI, clean service boundaries, tests that actually catch bugs. You have shipped Python backends that handled real production load
• Solid Postgres. Complex queries, schema design, migrations without downtime, row-level security for multi-tenant data. pgvector is a plus - if not, you pick it up fast
• LLM API experience in production. You have called an LLM API for something that real users depended on. You know about structured output, retry logic, cost management, prompt versioning. A side project counts if it was genuinely deployed
• Comfort with graph data models. You understand when a graph is the right structure and when it is not. You do not need deep Neo4j production experience - you need to understand graph relationships conceptually and be willing to learn Cypher. It is a 2-day ramp for the right person
• Working knowledge of deployment. Deployed and operated production workloads on GCP. Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Redis — you're comfortable across the stack. If you've done it on AWS, the translation isn't hard, but GCP is where we are
• You own things. Not "I contributed to" - you designed it, shipped it, and fixed it when it broke. That pattern needs to be visible in your history

Good to have, not mandatory

• Built an agentic pipeline with multiple stages
• Any fintech, P2P domain experience - even tangential
• Worked at a startup with under 20 people
• Has a GitHub, blog, or writeup that shows how you think about a hard technical problem

What you get

• The hardest engineering problem you would have worked on. This is not CRUD with an LLM bolted on
• Real ownership. First engineering hire. Your architectural decisions will be in this product five years from now
• Equity that matters. ESOP - Open to discussion. We are pre-seed - this is a bet, not a guarantee. We will not pretend otherwise
• No meetings tax. You work directly with the founders. The product is specified clearly. You know what you are building and why

Honest about stage: We do not have a production ready infra yet. We have a complete architecture specification and a working prototype. If you need the stability of an established engineering org, this is not the right moment. If you want to build something real from zero and own a meaningful piece of it, it is.

The founders

One of us has spent 20 years building revenue and operational engines at companies where there was no playbook - part of the pilot team that established the world's largest search company's direct sales operations in India, managed global operations for a global mobile advertising platform, scaled a B2C platform to become one of India’s leading edtech platforms and most recently worked on building an enterprise Agentic Voice AI platform. The other has spent 15 years taking AI from demo to production in domains where failure is expensive - voice, lending, and conversational systems across a Series D conversational AI company, a major telco, a Big 4, and a leading NBFC.

Two IIT/IIM alumni who have both watched AI work in enterprise, and know exactly what it takes to get it there. We are not building this product because it sounds interesting. We are building it because we have both sat across the table from CFOs who know they are losing margin and have no tool capable of doing anything about it.

Job Title: Tech Lead (Backend Heavy)

Location: Onsite – Indore (Vijaynagar), MP, India

Experience: 4–6 Years

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days preferred

Company Overview

Kuvaka Tech builds scalable, high-performance products across Web2 and Web3 ecosystems. We operate in a fast-paced startup environment, focusing on delivering efficient, production-ready solutions within tight timelines.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Tech Lead who is backend-heavy, highly product-driven, and capable of owning end-to-end technical execution. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working across multiple backend stacks, while also having enough frontend understanding to unblock issues independently.

This role requires someone who can solve problems proactively, handle technical blockers without unnecessary escalations, and drive projects efficiently in a startup environment.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Ownership

• Take end-to-end ownership of projects from planning to deployment
• Ensure timely delivery under tight deadlines
• Maintain high standards of code quality, scalability, and performance

Backend Development (Core Focus)

• Design and build scalable backend systems using Python and other backend stacks
• Architect APIs, services, and data flows for high-performance applications
• Handle complex technical challenges independently

Frontend Awareness

• Possess working knowledge of frontend technologies (React.js / Next.js)
• Be capable of debugging and resolving frontend issues when required

Problem Solving & Execution

• Identify and resolve technical blockers independently before escalation
• Drive solutions with a cost-efficient and time-efficient approach
• Optimise system performance and architecture
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Innovation & Product Thinking

• Contribute new ideas and technical improvements
• Think from a product perspective, not just implementation
• Continuously improve processes and delivery speed

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Engineering)
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders
• Guide junior developers when required

Required Skills-

Core Technical

• Strong experience in Python (Django/FastAPI preferred)
• Experience with multiple backend stacks (Node.js, etc. is a plus)
• Solid understanding of system design, APIs, and databases

Frontend Understanding

• Hands-on or working knowledge of React.js / modern frontend frameworks

Engineering Mindset

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle pressure and tight deadlines
• Experience working in startup environments

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 4–6 years of experience in product-based or startup environments
• Has worked on multiple projects end-to-end
• Highly productive, proactive, and ownership-driven
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to take initiative and make decisions independently
• Focused on efficiency, scalability, and execution speed

What We’re Looking For

• Someone who doesn’t wait for instructions but takes initiative
• A problem solver who fixes issues before they escalate
• A tech-driven thinker with strong execution capability
• Comfortable in fast-moving, high-pressure startup setups

Hiring Process

• HR Round
• Assignment
• Technical Round
• Cultural Fit Round
• Founder’s Call

You have 3 to 14 yrs of software engineering & product delivery experience with strong

background in datastructures & algorithms

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You are experienced with one or more general programming languages (e.g. Java, C/C++,

Go). Ability to learn other coding languages as needed.

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You have a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, with familiarity in

data structures, algorithms and a strong command of object-oriented principles.

• You have experience in one or more of the following areas: Server Backend, Distributed

and Parallel Systems, Full Stack Development (frontend and backend), Scalable Enterprise

Platforms and Applications, Application Security and Incident Management, Android,

iOS, and Machine Learning.

• You have a spark that separates you from the crowd and ability to think out of the box and

on your feet

• You possess multi-dimensional skills that make you a valuable co-worker in a fast,

changing and ambiguous environment

• You have the ability to learn other coding languages as needed real quick

• You are comfortable in working with a team that deals with ambiguity every day

Designation: Python/Django Developer (Backend)

Department: Software Engineering Team

Location: Whitefield (Bangalore)

Qualification: Any Computer (Graduate or Post Graduate)

Experience: 3+ years of relevant experience in building functional and efficient server-side applications using Python/Django with 2+ years of relevant experience in working with RDBMS.

Responsibilities:

1. Help design and implement functional requirements
2. Build efficient back-end features in Python
3. Integrate front-end components into applications
4. Manage testing and bug fixes
5. Prepare technical documentation
6. Collaborate with UX/UI designers to implement design into the code
7. Coach junior team members
8. Implement software enhancements and suggest improvements

Skills Required:

1. Experience with Python frameworks (e.g. Django, Flask, FastAPI)
2. Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud technologies
3. Excellent understanding of REST API Development and HTTP Methods
4. Understanding of databases and SQL
5. Good experience in working with RDBMS
6. Good understanding of computer science fundamentals - data structures, algorithms, memory management, performance.
7. Knowledge of web stack - javascript, html, web frameworks like React.js is a plus
8. Good understanding of Good Troubleshooting experience and exposure
9. Ability to work with Jr engineers, mentor, guide and help them
10. Enjoys coding and problem solving
11. Good communication skills. Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely
12. Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

Salary: Upto 21LPA (Negotiable)

IMMEDIATE JOINING PREFERRED!

Fulfil’s software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how millions of customer orders are fulfilled by merchants. Our products need to handle information at massive scale. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas into our technology.

As a senior software engineer, you will work on our python based ORM and applications that scales to handle millions of transactions every hour. This is mission critical software and your primary focus will be building robust and scalable solutions that are easy to maintain.

In this role, you will be collaborating closely with the rest of the team working on different layers of infrastructure in an international environment. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product are important.

What You’ll Do:

• Own definition and implementation of API interfaces (REST and GraphQL). We take pride in our 100% open API with over 600 endpoints.
• Implement simple solutions to complex business logic that enables our merchants to manage financials, orders and shipments across millions of transactions.
• Build reusable components and packages for future use.
• Translate specs and user stories into reviewable, test covered patches.
• Peer review code and refactor existing code.
• Integrate with our eCommerce partners (Shopify, BigCommerce, Amazon), shipping partners (UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL) and EDI.
• Manage Kubernetes and Docker based global deployment of our infrastructure.

Requirements We’re Looking for Someone With:

• Experience working with ORMs like SQLAlchemy or Django (2-3 years)
• Experience with SQL and databases (Postgres preferred)
• Experience in developing large server side applications and microservices
• Ability to create high quality code
• Experience with python testing tools (pytest) and test automation
• Familiarity with code versioning tools like GIT
• Strong sense of ownership and leadership quality
• Experienced in the tools of our web stack- Python, Celery, Postgres, Redis, RabbitMQ

Nice to Haves:

• Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/Software company
• Experience with ReactJS, Google Cloud, Heroku
• Cloud deployment and scaling experience

We are looking for an experienced engineer with superb technical skills. You will primarily be responsible for architecting and building large scale data pipelines that delivers AI and Analytical solutions to our customers. The right candidate will enthusiastically take ownership in developing and managing a continuously improving, robust, scalable software solutions. The successful candidate will be curious, creative, ambitious, self motivated, flexible, and have a bias towards taking action. As part of the early engineering team, you will have a chance to make a measurable impact in future of Thinkdeeply as well as having a significant amount of responsibility.

Although your primary responsibilities will be around back-end work, we prize individuals who are willing to step in and contribute to other areas including automation, tooling, and management applications. Experience with or desire to learn Machine Learning a plus.

Experience

12+ Years

Location

Hyderabad

Skills

Bachelors/Masters/Phd in CS or equivalent industry experience

10+ years of industry experience in java related frameworks such as Spring and/or Typesafe

Experience with scripting languages. Python experience highly desirable. 5+ Industry experience in python

Experience with popular modern web frameworks such as Spring boot, Play framework, or Django

Demonstrated expertise of building and shipping cloud native applications

Experience in administering (including setting up, managing, monitoring) data processing pipelines (both streaming and batch) using frameworks such as Kafka, ELK Stack, Fluentd

Experience in API development using Swagger

Strong expertise with containerization technologies including kubernetes, docker-compose

Experience with cloud platform services such as AWS, Azure or GCP.

Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Familiarity with continuous integration, Jenkins

Responsibilities

Architect, Design and Implement Large scale data processing pipelines

Design and Implement APIs

Assist in dev ops operations

Identify performance bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems

Help maintain code quality, organization, and documentation

Communicate with stakeholders regarding various aspects of solution.

Mentor team members on best practices