

Experience: 9 to 16 Yrs
Notice Period: Immediate to 15 days
Job Description:
- The Lead Engineer is responsible for deriving the technical architecture, detailed design, implementation, Performance, and Scalability of the developed system.
- The individual should be capable of single-handedly understanding the requirement, liaison with the product owner and external teams; produce the technical output required.
- Strong Leadership skills to contradict, produce a new design to current trends is required.
- Should be an avid technology enthusiast with strong views on technical architecture.
Technical Skills:
1) Strong Python and Mongo DB is mandatory
2) Web Application Architecture - One Large Project Experience of Development & Maintenance
3) Knowledge in one or more frameworks like WSGI(uwsgi), Django, Flask, Web Application development
4) Exposure to Databases like MongoDB, BigQuery, Elastic Search, Redis, etc.,
5) Knowledge of Code Quality Process and Discipline (Git, Jenkins, etc)

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Role & Responsibilities
work with peers in Product, QA, and other Engineering departments;
coach and mentor team members;
cautiously drive adoption of new technologies and processes;
preserve our engineering values of quality, scalability, and maintainability;
“see around corners” — identify blind spots and prioritize work across teams;
work with international teams to ensure successful product development and delivery; and
own the overall architecture and systems engineering for your products.

Company Overview:
We are a small, dynamic, and growing AI-focused company delivering cutting-edge AI solutions to our clients. We specialize in implementing real-world applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), Small Language Models (SLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Agentic AI systems, and cloud-native services across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a passionate AI Developer & Solution Provider who thrives on solving real client problems using AI. The ideal candidate will have solid experience with Python, language models, chatbot development, and building scalable solutions using cloud services and modern databases. You will work directly with clients to understand their needs and deliver end-to-end AI-powered solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and deploy AI/ML solutions using LLMs (e.g., GPT-4, Claude), SLMs, and open-source models.
- Develop and fine-tune chatbots, intelligent agents, and Agentic AI workflows for various client use-cases.
- Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines to enhance LLM capabilities.
- Build secure, scalable backends using Python and integrate AI components with APIs, databases, and cloud systems.
- Understand client requirements and translate them into technically sound and scalable AI solutions.
- Deploy applications and services using cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Work with structured and unstructured data, including setting up and managing databases (SQL, NoSQL).
- Stay updated with the latest trends in AI/ML and help bring innovative solutions to the team and clients.
- Document solutions and provide technical support during client handover and implementation.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Strong Python programming experience, especially for AI/ML development.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs, SLMs, OpenAI, Hugging Face, etc.
- Practical knowledge of RAG, vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma).
- Experience with Agentic AI systems, frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI), and chatbot development.
- Good understanding of databases – both SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis).
- Solid experience with cloud platforms: AWS (SageMaker, Lambda), Azure (OpenAI, ML Studio), GCP (Vertex AI, Functions).
- Comfortable interacting with clients and delivering tailored AI solutions.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with fine-tuning/custom training of models.
- Experience in deploying scalable APIs (e.g., FastAPI, Flask).
- Background in data engineering or MLOps.
- Familiarity with DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI solutions with real-world impact.
- Collaborative and flexible work culture.
- Direct exposure to diverse clients and industries.
- Fast-paced environment with learning and growth opportunities.


Level of skills and experience:
5 years of hands-on experience in using Python, Spark,Sql.
Experienced in AWS Cloud usage and management.
Experience with Databricks (Lakehouse, ML, Unity Catalog, MLflow).
Experience using various ML models and frameworks such as XGBoost, Lightgbm, Torch.
Experience with orchestrators such as Airflow and Kubeflow.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Fundamental understanding of Parquet, Delta Lake and other data file formats.
Proficiency on an IaC tool such as Terraform, CDK or CloudFormation.
Strong written and verbal English communication skill and proficient in communication with non-technical stakeholderst
What You'll Do :
You will be a part of our backend team working on keeping our REST API and GraphQL API up and running and making sure that our users get the right data at the right time.
You will have ownership of developing and maintaining our backend services including users, courses, and operations tools that manage our product and logistics.
You will work on architecting and scaling highly-available RESTful services and back-end systems from scratch.
This is a position for an experienced Node programmer with at least 2 years under the belt, but you don't have to be a rock star, a ninja, or a superhero to apply.
What You'll Need :
You will fit well in the backend team if you are passionate about technology and have experience programming in Node. Knowledge of technologies like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, REST and JSON will help you get going from day one.
As an experienced Node developer, you should be intimately familiar with the platform, with
JavaScript, and with the stables of full-stack web development : HTTP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL.
It's a bonus if you're broadly familiar with other languages as well- we write some services in Go and have data pipelines written in Python- but your main work will be JavaScript through and through.
You will be a perfect match with our team if you love collaborating with people from all disciplines to solve complex problems, always want to learn new skills and take ownership of your work.
At DotPe, we rely on our dynamic team of engineers to solve the many challenges and puzzles that come with our rapidly evolving technical stack. We’re seeking a Technical Lead Backend who is ready to work with new technologies and architectures in a forward-thinking organization that’s always pushing boundaries. Here, you will take complete, end-to-end ownership of projects across the entire stack. Our ideal candidate has experience building products across the stack and a firm understanding of web frameworks, APIs, databases, and multiple back-end languages. You’ll be joining a small team working at the forefront of new technology, solving the challenges that impact back-end architecture, and ultimately, delivering amazing global user experiences.
Technical Lead Backend
Responsibilities:
• Build cutting-edge, scalable systems by writing simple and efficient code, and pushing your design and architecture limits for new product development
• Optimize APIs for applications while creating and maintaining unit/integrations test suites
• Participate in all aspects of agile software development including design, implementation, and deployment
• Design and provide guidance on building end-to-end systems optimized for speed and scale
• Develop new features and infrastructure development in support of rapidly emerging business and project requirements
• Assume leadership of new projects from conceptualization to deployment
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design
• Work with agile development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
• Work and collaborate closely with tech, product, and business teams to understand requirements and translate them into quality software products
• Experience in developing scalable and highly configurable solutions.
• Experience and understanding of Node.js and MongoDB
• Experience in Software design, System design, Debugging, System monitoring, profiling and agile process
• Experience working on NoSQL databases.
• Passion for innovation and creative ideas.
• Experience in developing automated unit and functional tests along with load & Performance testing
• Analytical mindset with good problem-solving abilities
• High proficiency in Data Structure and Algorithms


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- Key Result Areas
- Develop and lead desktop and mobile web Back end development.
- Work on Node JS platform.
- Strong focus on UI Performance: optimize page load, rendering, caching, leveraging CDNs.
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- Technology Skills:
- Advanced Javascript, CSS, HTML 5, D/XHTML, XML, JSON, DOM Concepts
- Must have worked on a SPA frameworks:Nodejs, AngularJS or InfernoJS
- Familiarity with common Javascript Libraries such as jQuery.
- Fluent in responsive design and mobile / tablet UI / UX
- Knowledge about UI testing automation
- Web mobile (touch devices: mobiles and tablets) experience is expected
- UI or API Performance: should have hands-on experience of optimizing page load, rendering,caching.
- Good understanding of AJAX and its UI implications
- Sense for appeal & aesthetics from a usability perspective

- The developer should be well conversant with principles of clean codeand refactoring practices.
- The developer should have experience writing unit and integration tests.
- The developer should be conversant with agile development practices.
- Prior experience in Python is a good to have but the developer should be willing to do development in Python.
- The developer is expected to collaborate with developers from other teams as well as business stakeholders in India and in US to design and develop business requirements.


- Participate in brainstorming and technical ideation for projects with product, growth, and engineering
- You will design Scalable and Fault-Tolerant systems
- You will help Maintain critical and auxiliary systems (databases, cache ...)
- You will build Experiments that help validate hypotheses for the product
Experience:
2+yrs In your first 3 months, you will…
- Successfully onboard and create strong bonds with the current team
- Participate in brainstorming and technical ideation for projects with product, growth, and engineering
- Contribute to existing product features and experimentation
In your first 6 months, you will…
- Develop prototypes of new features or products using rapid iteration and experimentation as we explore new ideas
- Partner across the engineering team to ship features
In your first year, you will...
- Champion best-in-class engineering practices and systems for an emerging engineer team
- Help build a suite of features for the product
Our Ideal Hire:
- Learned best practices and has experienced the challenges and joys working at a startup
- Managed and maintained production code at increasing scales
- Feels strongly motivated by our mission
- Communicates complex problems and proposes solutions, in writing and in conversation
Expertise:
- Proficiency in any one language (ex: NodeJS / Go / Python)
- MySQL (design / indices / optimizing queries)
- Redis (types/ functionality/ use cases)
Hands-on experience:
- Handled scaling issue
- Good at debugging
Good to have:
- Kafka (or other stream-processing software)
- AWS
Do not apply if you are not:
- Ownership driven
- Curious in general
- Able to explain things in simple terms
- Self-motivated
- Use to work in the chaotic environment
- Highly proactive
- Willing to Mentor and humble to ask for collaboration
- Most important, Learn & Grow yourself!
- Hungry to grow anymore





