Backend Developer

Our Mission

To make video as accessible to machines as text and voice are today.

At lookup, we believe the world's most valuable asset is trapped. Video is everywhere, but it's unsearchable—a black box of insight that no one can open or atleast open affordably. We’re changing that. We're building the search engine for the visual world, so anyone can find or do anything with video just by asking.

Text is queryable. Voice is transcribed. Video, the largest and richest data source of all, is still a black box. A computer can't understand it, and so its value remains trapped.

Our mission at lookup is to fix this.

About the Role

We are looking for founding Backend Engineers to build a highly performant, reliable, and scalable API platform that makes enterprise video knowledge readily available for video search, summarization, and natural‑language Q&A. You will partner closely with our ML team working on vision‑language models to productionize research and deliver fast, trustworthy APIs for customers.

Examples of technical challenges you will work on include: distributed video storage, a unified application framework and data model for indexing large video libraries, low‑latency clip retrieval, vector search at scale, and end‑to‑end build, test, deploy, and observability in cloud environments.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and build robust backend services and APIs (REST, gRPC) for vector search, video summarization, and video Q&A.
• Own API performance and reliability, including low‑latency retrieval, pagination, rate limiting, and backwards‑compatible versioning.
• Design schemas and tune queries in Postgres, and integrate with unstructured storage.
• Implement observability across metrics, logs, and traces. Set error budgets and SLOs.
• Write clear design docs and ship high‑quality, well‑tested code.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to integrate and productionize VLMs and retrieval pipelines.
• Take ownership of architecture from inception to production launch.

Who You Are:

• 3+ years of professional experience in backend development.
• Proven experience building and scaling polished WebSocket, gRPC, and REST APIs.
• Exposure to distributed systems and container orchestration (Docker and Kubernetes).
• Hands‑on experience with AWS.
• Strong knowledge of SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL (e.g., Cassandra), including schema design, query optimization, and scaling.
• Familiarity with our stack is a plus, but not mandatory: Python (FastAPI), Celery, Kafka, Postgres, Redis, Weaviate, React.
• Ability to diagnose complex issues, identify root causes, and implement effective fixes.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced startup environment.

Nice to have:

• Hands-on work with LLM agents, vector embeddings, or RAG applications.
• Building video streaming pipelines and storage systems at scale (FFmpeg, RTSP, WebRTC).
• Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS) and responsive UI design.

Location & Culture

• Full-time, in-office role in Bangalore (we’re building fast and hands-on).
• Must be comfortable with a high-paced environment and collaboration across PST time zones for our US customers and investors.
• Expect startup speed — daily founder syncs, rapid design-to-prototype cycles, and a culture of deep ownership.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Work on the frontier of video understanding and real-world AI — products that can redefine trust and automation.
• Build core APIs that make video queryable and power real customer use.
• Own systems end to end: performance, reliability, and developer experience.
• Work closely with founders and collaborate in person in Bangalore.
• Competitive salary with meaningful early equity.

About FoundingMinds:

We are one of the preferred product development partners in the software industry. We work with clients across the globe to design and develop products for them. We are also an incubator for many startups. As a contributor, you will get an opportunity to work with different ideas, brainstorm with diverse people, widen your way of thinking, learn different technologies, research what you have to do, contribute your best to the projects and take ownership of what you do to your project. If you are passionate you will have no dearth in opportunities to build your career in Founding Minds.

Profile required 

• Experience in Java stack (preferably Springboot)
• Strong knowledge in Design Principles & Patterns and Development methodologies
• Must have Good experience working on Rest services
• Good experience with Java Microservices architecture
• Strong Expertise with RDBMS and NoSQL databases
• Experience in test driven development (unit testing. Mocking, BDD)
• Strong experience in Agile methodologies
• Preferable to have experience working on Angular and React 
• Preferable to have experience on Docker and kubernetes
• Preferable to have experience in finance domain
• Preferable to have experience in AWS or any other cloud services

The ideal candidate should have

• Strong fundamentals in Core Java, JDBC, and J2EE.
• Hands-on experience of development and support of enterprise-level cloud-native application
• Hands-on experience in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, ORM Tools, and Cloud technologies
• Hands-on experience of Java Microservices architecture
• Hands-on experience with AWS services
• Good communication & presentation skills
• Have a good sense of humor

If you’re an innovative thinker with a passion for technology and a drive to make a difference, we’d love to meet you. Apply now and take the next step in your career with FoundingMinds!

Role: Java Developer

Overall: 4 to 8 Years

Location: Chennai

Notice: Immediate to short joiners

Job Description:

We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Java Developer to join our team in Chennai. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in Java development with a focus on backend frameworks such as Spring Boot and Hibernate. If you’re passionate about clean code, scalable applications, and delivering robust software solutions—this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate.
• Write efficient, scalable, and reusable code.
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and deliver high-quality software.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems.
• Ensure best practices in software development and Agile methodologies.

Required Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Core Java (Java 8 or above).
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and Hibernate.
• Proficient in working with RESTful APIs and Web Services.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Familiarity with version control tools like Git.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and Agile practices.

About Company

Our client is in the business of delivering cutting-edge software solutions, hardware systems, and IT services. It lends the right technological edge to governments and businesses. This enables them to achieve their organizational objectives efficiently and effectively to scale their businesses to newer heights.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or a related field is preferred.

• Must have at least 5 to 7 years of experience in application development (Java,Spring Framework), Deployment(Apache Tomcat & Nginx)

• Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Patterns and Concepts.

• Knowledge & hands-on experience of Java, Spring Framework, Spring Security, JSP, Apache Tomcat, Nginx is a must.

• Must have experience with Bootstrap CSS, jQuery etc.

• Basic Understanding of PostgreSQL, MVC (Model-View-Controller) Pattern, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and RESTful web services.

• Relevant Knowledge of Java GUI frameworks according to project requirements.

• Experience in handling external and embedded databases.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop new modules, patches & Updates/upgrades for an existing application (developed in-house by the client)

• Bug fixing, and updating of software.

• Analyze user requirements to define business objectives.

• Maintain Java-based applications that can be high-volume and low-latency.

• Identify and resolve any technical issues arising.

• Write well-designed, testable code.

• Conducting software analysis, programming, testing, and debugging.

• Support continuous improvement, investigating alternatives and technologies, and presenting for architectural review.

We are seeking a talented and motivated Backend Developer to join our dynamic team. As a senior Backend Developer, you will play a crucial role in enhancing and expanding our AI productivity tool, working on the intersection of natural language understanding (NLU), event-condition-action (ECA) frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement advanced features for our AI productivity tool.
• Innovate and propose creative solutions to enhance the functionality and user experience of the platform.
• Develop back-end components of the AI productivity tool, ensuring performance and scalability.
• Design and implement robust backend services and APIs using Python- Django.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proven experience (3-4 years) as a Software Development Engineer, with a focus on Python- Django
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively.
• Ability to take up different tech stacks.
• Mathematical experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Backend Technologies as well as a basic understanding of Frontend technologies.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience with cloud platforms and services.
• Experience with Frontend Technologies.
• Track record of contributing to open-source projects.
• Passion for staying updated on the latest trends in AI and technology.

Requirements:

• Should be a go-getter, ready to shoulder more responsibilities, and shows enthusiasm and interest in work.

• Excellent core Python skills including threading, dictionary, OOPS Concept, Data structure, and Web service.

• Should have work experience on the following stacks/libraries: Flask

• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries

• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system

• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python

• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as Angular, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code

• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications

• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance

• Experience in both RDBMS(MySQL), NoSQL databases (MongoDB, HDFS, HIVE etc) or in-memory caching technologies such as ehcache etc is preferable.

Backend - Software Development Engineer III

Experience - 7+ yrs

About Wekan Enterprise Solutions

Wekan Enterprise Solutions is a leading Technology Consulting company and a strategic investment partner of MongoDB. We help companies drive innovation in the cloud by adopting modern technology solutions that help them achieve their performance and availability requirements. With strong capabilities around Mobile, IOT and Cloud environments, we have an extensive track record helping Fortune 500 companies modernize their most critical legacy and on-premise applications, migrating them to the cloud and leveraging the most cutting-edge technologies.

Job Description

We are looking for passionate software engineers eager to be a part of our growth journey. The right candidate needs to be interested in working in high-paced and challenging environments leading technical teams, designing system architecture and reviewing peer code. Interested in constantly upskilling, learning new technologies and expanding their domain knowledge to new industries. This candidate needs to be a team player and should be looking to help build a culture of excellence. Do you have what it takes?

You will be working on complex data migrations, modernizing legacy applications and building new applications on the cloud for large enterprise and/or growth stage startups. You will have the opportunity to contribute directly into mission critical projects directly interacting with business stakeholders, customer’s technical teams and MongoDB solutions Architects.

Location - Chennai or Bangalore

• Relevant experience of 7+ years building high-performance back-end applications with at least 3 or more projects delivered using the required technologies
• Good problem solving skills
• Strong mentoring capabilities
• Good understanding of software development life cycle
• Strong experience in system design and architecture
• Strong focus on quality of work delivered
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Required Technical Skills

• Extensive hands-on experience building high-performance web back-ends using Node.Js and Javascript/Typescript
• Strong experience with Express.Js framework
• Working experience with Python web app development or python scripting
• Implementation experience in monolithic and microservices architecture
• Hands-on experience with data modeling on MongoDB and any other Relational or NoSQL databases
• Experience integrating with any 3rd party services such as cloud SDKs (AWS, Azure) authentication, etc.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ or any similar technologies.
• Exposure into unit testing with frameworks such as Mocha, Chai, Jest or others
• Strong experience writing and maintaining clear documentation

Good to have skills:

• Experience working with common services in any of the major cloud providers - AWS or GCP or Azure

Technical certifications in AWS / Azure / GCP / MongoDB or other relevant technologies

We are scaling rapidly in user engagement (reached 150K+ daily transactions within 3 months of beta launch), and if you're looking to deal with scale, this is for you.

About Trago.in: We are a neo-trading platform where one can trade their opinions on real-time events across politics, Sports. We are building in a super-interesting category with a focus on things happening around you and giving the audience a platform to earn from opinions and knowledge.

We are a seed-funded company with marquee investors from across the globe and an amazing set of co-founders from the premier institutes of India.

To know more about us, please visit: www.trago.in

Responsibilities:

* Build the APIs and internal mechanisms of the Trago backend across all our services.

* Architect and guide building end-to-end systems optimized for speed and scale.

* Build and lead engineering teams to achieve product roadmap milestones.

* Oversee the research and development of new products and technologies.

* Be available for troubleshooting in case of backend emergencies.

Requirements:

* Bachelors in Computer Science or any Engineering domain with experience in Software Programming.

* 2-5 years of experience building large-scale software applications.
* Highly proficient with Java and knowledge of the many intricacies of Spring Boot.

* Proficient with MongoDB and Redis.

* Knowledge of Aerospike, and other databases would be a bonus. Good understanding of distributed systems (servers, databases, etc.).

* Positive and solution-oriented mindset and comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development environment.

What's in for you?

* Work directly with founders

* Freedom to experiment and get creative.

* Be Yourself, every day.

* Build for scale - We are building Trago with a mindset to scale to 100 mn+ customers in 3 years. We are presently doing 150K transactions a day, which we will scale by 100x in one year.