Backend Engineer with Nodejs Python

Role & Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement high-quality software solutions for payment processing.

Maintain a regular release cadence and manage the product backlog.

Ensure timely and lossless communication across teams.

Uphold engineering values and best practices.

Collaborate with international teams to ensure successful product development and delivery.

Ideal Candidate

A strong technical background in software engineering and architecture, with experience in modern programming language

Ability to work independently with very little direction, taking full ownership of projects.

Identifying blind spots, anticipate challenges, and prioritize work effectively

Exceptional communication and organizational skills.

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

8+ years of relevant experience preferred

Proficiency using Python, Kafka, Kubernetes, and AWS

Experience with Distributed Task Queues such as Celery and RabbitMQ is preferred.

Experience with RDBMS/SQL is also preferred.

Job Description

We are looking for motivated IT professionals with at least one year of industry experience. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in AWS, Azure, AI, or Cloud technologies, or should be enthusiastic and ready to upskill and shift to new and emerging technologies. This role is primarily remote; however, candidates may be required to visit the office occasionally for meetings or project needs.

Key Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of experience in the IT industry
• Exposure to AWS / Azure / AI / Cloud platforms (any one or more)
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a remote setup
• Must have a proper work-from-home environment (laptop, stable internet, quiet workspace)

Education Qualification

• B.Tech / BE / MCA / M.Sc (IT) / equivalent

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.

Job Description

Title:- Backend Developer

About us:-

If you think back to your school or college days, the best memories you have are those with your friends! Your first day in college, your best friend, your dorms, hanging in the corridors, your school canteen, all nighters before exams & chilling for weeks after exams - our school lives are filled with so many awesome interactions, experiences & memories. In each of them you’re with a friend, never alone! Humans always have, and will always continue to learn from one another. We are a social learning platform that allows us to learn the way we learn best – socially

It is a network of after-school learning centres meant for inspiration, collaboration, and holistic growth. We encourage children to explore what works best for them. It is our belief that every child deserves the space and opportunity to explore & create. Learning happens best in person, but there is an opportunity to make this experience 10X via modern centres, technology, and powerful communities! We're a mission driven organisation trying to build a network of such learning centres and with empowered teachers in every neighbourhood of our country!

Responsibilities :-

We are looking for a Python(Django) Web Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code. Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performance applications. Expert in Python, with good knowledge of Python web framework Django. Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

Skills:- Python, Django, Websockets, storage systems

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

Additional Job requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Math or equivalent
• BS in computer science or related field.
• 2+ years of relevant professional software development experience: designing, developing, and delivering software written in Java, C#, or C++, web development.
• Knowledgeable in object-oriented design patterns.
• Experience building highly scalable and distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with service-oriented architecture and application/services development
• Passion for performance debugging and benchmarking
• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization

• 5+ years of object-oriented software development of web applications
• 5+ years of C# in a .NET environment
• Preferable Experience in Cloud Technologies (AWS, AZURE)
• Experience with MS SQL stored procedures, database design and optimization
• Experience developing and utilizing web services
• Experience with high volume consumer oriented web sites
• Experience working in an Agile Scrum environment
• Experience with formal test procedures, release management
• Preferable Travel industry experience preferred, especially programming associated with GDS’s - SABRE, Farelogix, and Travelport
• Ability to distill complex business needs into functional requirements
• Excellent follow-up, verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills and an ability to make good decisions
• Team player with a professional attitude
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain tight schedules
• Ability to work effectively with a geographically dispersed team in India

Strategic and Development Responsibilities

• Ability to "think outside the box"
• Ability to provide accurate and timely project estimates.

Pluses:

• Experience with Angular JS frameworks and Mobile Development.
• Experience with developing machine learning algorithms.
• Experience on projects that required localization/globalization
• Experience with MS SQL Reporting Services
• Knowledge of web farm configuration and best practices

Software Tools/Languages

Required:        MS Visual Studio, MS SQL Server Management Studio, IIS, AWS

C#, Web Services, MS SQL (stored procedures), Jenkins, DevOps Tools.

Education

Rapido is India’s largest bike taxi player focused on solving the first and last mile connectivity problem for India. The primary focus is mobility and changing all facets of mobility across India. We believe that 2 Wheeler are the right mode of transport for developing countries like India and have much more scope than 4 wheelers, which is also reflected in the fact that the number of 2 wheelers is significantly more than the number of 4-wheelers.We have operations in close to 100 cities and are the undisputed market leader in this space. Growing close to 500% year-on-year, we have ambitious targets set for ourselves in the future as well.

What you will do :   

We are looking for a Technical Architect to design the structure of our IT systems and oversee programs to ensure the proper architecture is implemented.

Should have experience in data modelling, distributed system design, Microservice architecture and communications protocol and is passionate about writing code and the art of management

In this role, you should be an excellent communicator who is able to translate complex requirements into functional architecture. We'd also like you to have hands-on experience on software development and be able to manage complex programs. Overseeing development and implementation of programs. Providing technical leadership and support to software development teams. Your goal will be to ensure our internal IT framework operates properly.

Responsibilities:

• Understand company needs to define system specifications
• Plan and design the structure of a technology solution
• Communicate system requirements to software development teams
• Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
• Oversee assigned programs (e. g. conduct code review) and provide guidance to team members
• Assist with solving technical problems when they arise
• Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
• Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions
• Monitor systems to ensure they meet both user needs and business goals

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect
• Hands-on experience with software development and system administration
• Understanding of strategic IT solutions
• Experience in project management and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
• Knowledge of selected coding languages (e. g. JavaScript, Java)
• Familiarity with various operating systems
• Experience in cloud technologies
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Organisational and leadership skills

Role Competencies:

• Proven work experience as a Back-end developer.
• Hands on experience with programming languages like Java/NodeJS/Golang, JavaScript, Familiarity with Git,
• Database (SQL/Mysql/NO SQL).Good to have Kafka/queuing/messaging system.
• Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)
• Strong knowledge of design principles, user interfaces, web standards and usability.

Functional Behavioral:

• Excellent analytical and time and people management skills.
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.

Build reusable APIs for our client-facing apps in Node.js

Create and maintain scalable infrastructure leveraging modern cloud platforms Write tests and documentation as you implement features with your team Maintain expertise in current and emerging technologies and tools

4+ years’ Experience with NodeJS

BS degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering Experience documenting and testing RESTful APIs

Experience working with databases in PostgreSQL, MongoDB or Redis

Experience and enthusiasm for working collaboratively with others in an Agile environment