Principal Engineer at BigBasket · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 7 - 10 years · ₹40L - ₹65L / yr (ESOP available) · Profitable · Posted 9 Nov 2021

➢ Design and develop core server side components for our consumer facing site
as well as for fulfillment and inventory logistics
➢ Prototype new ideas
Experience / Skills Required:
➢ B.Tech or advanced degree in Computer Science with 8-12 years of progressive industry
experience
➢ Strong experience with Python development and Django framework or NodeJS required
➢ Strong experience with JavaScript , HTML, CSS, AJAX and JSON
➢ Strong experience with building reusable server components
➢ Strong experience with WebServices, XML, REST interfaces
➢ Strong experience with object oriented programming
➢ Strong experience with backend performance optimization and algorithms
➢ Strong experience with SQL, RDBMS, data modeling and MySQL, Oracle or other RDBMS
➢ Strong leadership / technology mentoring skills a must. Ability to do code and design reviews is a
key part of this role.
➢ Experience with Microservices / Distributed event based architectures desired.
➢ Deep experience with Linux based development and deployment architectures.
➢ Experience with database query tuning.
➢ Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS is a great plus
➢ Experience with frameworks such as Angular / React JS is a great plus
➢ Awareness of and experience with reactive programming is a plus
➢ Experience with Ecommerce/Consumer facing applications serving a large volume of users is a
great plus.
➢ Exposure to technologies like Kafka, Redis, Spark, Kinesis, Solr, ElasticSearch etc is a plus.
➢ Experience with NoSQL or BigData is a great plus
➢ Hands on Full Stack experience desired.
➢ Must be adept at experimenting with new technologies
➢ Must have excellent communication (verbal & written), interpersonal, leadership, and problem
solving skills
➢ Must be able to work independently and enjoy working at a fast paced start-up environmen

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Budget - 12-15 LPA
Work Experience - 2-5 years
Role Summary
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Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for Fuse-OS
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wiring
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Apply sound engineering practices for multi-tenant SaaS (security, permissions, data isolation)
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Mentor other backend engineers through design discussions, pairing, and code reviews
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Solid experience with Django REST Framework, asynchronous job processing (e.g., Celery), Redis, and
PostgreSQL
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Strong debugging skills across application, database, and background-job layers
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Hands-on Selenium automation experience with Python (big plus)
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What We Offer
Opportunity to build a category-defining Insurance Distribution Operating System (Fuse-OS)
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Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python code.
- Develop robust, highly scalable, and low-latency backend architectures and APIs.
- Apply strong OOPS principles to build modular and maintainable software systems.
- Utilise advanced Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) to solve complex computational problems and optimise application performance.
- Integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
- Implement security and data protection measures.
- Identify bottlenecks, troubleshoot bugs, and devise elegant solutions to mitigate these issues.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, front-end developers, and QA engineers to deliver high-quality features.
Requirements:
- Core Python: Strong proficiency in Python programming with a deep understanding of its quirks, ecosystem, and best practices.
- OOPs Expertise: Excellent command over Object-Oriented Programming concepts (Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction) and design patterns.
- DSA Proficiency: Strong problem-solving skills with a deep understanding of Data Structures (Arrays, Trees, Graphs, Hash Tables, etc. ) and Algorithms (Sorting, Searching, Dynamic Programming, etc. ).
- Frameworks: Hands-on experience with popular Python web frameworks such as Django, FastAPI, or Flask.
- Database Management: Solid understanding of relational databases (e. g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM (Object-Relational Mapper) libraries.
- API Development: Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs.
- Version Control: Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
- Clean Code: A strong commitment to writing clean, readable, and properly documented code.
Good to Have (Optional):
- Experience with NoSQL databases (e. g., MongoDB, Redis).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of asynchronous programming in Python (asyncio).
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Brief Description
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Backend Engineer (Python) to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in backend development, API design, scalable application architecture, and SaaS applications, along with exposure to data processing, ETL workflows, and data integration. Familiarity with React and frontend technologies is an added advantage.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build, enhance, and maintain robust, secure, and high-performance applications while contributing to backend services, data workflows, and cloud-based systems.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performance web applications and backend services.
- Develop secure, efficient, and reliable backend services and RESTful APIs using Python.(Django/Flask)
- Design and implement scalable microservices and distributed application components.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers and contribute to React-based features or integrations when required.
- Develop, maintain, and support ETL/data processing workflows for extracting, transforming, and loading data across systems.
- Build Python-based data processing scripts, services, and integrations to support application and business requirements.
- Work with relational databases to support data extraction, transformation, validation, and loading processes.
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- Write clean, maintainable, reusable, and testable code following software engineering best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to coding standards, engineering practices, and technical improvements.
- Optimize applications, APIs, databases, ETL processes, and backend services for performance, reliability, and scalability.
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- Contribute to system architecture, technical design decisions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure application quality and reliability.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, cloud-based applications, and deployment automation.
- Monitor and support backend services and data workflows in development, staging, and production environments
Requirements
- 3 to 6 years of professional experience in Backend Development using Python.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python backend frameworks such as Django and Flask.
- Experience building and supporting SaaS applications, with exposure to microservices, caching, pub-sub, messaging technologies, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.
- Exposure to ETL processes, data pipelines, data integration, or data processing using Python. (Preferred)
- Understanding of ETL concepts such as data extraction, transformation, validation, loading, and data quality.(Preferred)
- Experience working with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, for application development and/or data processing workflows.
- Strong understanding of databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or SQL Server.
- Familiarity with frontend technologies, particularly React, is an advantage.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Exposure to technologies such as Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, Redshift, Nginx, and GraphQL is a plus.
- Exposure to data technologies or tools such as Airflow, Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Spark, or similar data processing frameworks is a plus.
- Strong foundation in computer science, including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, and software design principles.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins.
- Good understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong understanding of software design principles, scalable application architecture, and data structures.
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker.
- Knowledge of automated testing frameworks and best practices.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge healthcare product
- A collaborative and learning-driven environment
- Exposure to AI and software engineering innovations
- Excellent work ethic and culture
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● Python
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● Authentication/authorisation
● Third-party integrations
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● Logging, monitoring and debugging
● Git and collaborative development
● Scalable, maintainable and testable backend services
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● Docker
● Cloud platforms
● Redis
● Message queues
● CI/CD
● Observability
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● Lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services
using Python.
● Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems and services.
● Design and build robust RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
capable of handling high-scale workloads.
● Design and implement real-time communication systems, including WebSocket-based
services, where required.
● Drive system performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
● Lead performance optimization, capacity planning, monitoring, debugging, and
production issue resolution.
● Establish and promote best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD,
and production readiness.
● Collaborate closely with frontend, product, DevOps, infrastructure, and other
cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
● Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, contributing to overall team growth
and engineering excellence.
● Review code and architecture designs, identify technical risks, and drive improvements
across backend systems.
● Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver reliable, maintainable,
production-grade solutions.
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● 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend
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● Strong expertise in Python and experience building production-grade backend
applications.
● Proven experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservices
architectures.
● Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and
high-availability architectures.
● Hands-on experience with WebSockets and real-time backend integrations.
● Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching systems, and data-intensive
applications.
● Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging, and
production operations.
● Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean
architecture.
● Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and make sound architectural decisions.
● Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
● Experience mentoring engineers and conducting effective code and design reviews.
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Mandatory skills
• 6+ years of backend development in Java and/or Python
• Strong hands-on experience designing microservices and RESTful APIs
• Solid database design and SQL optimization
• Production experience on AWS (or equivalent cloud)
• Strong CS fundamentals — data structures, concurrency, system design
• Experience owning services from design through production support
Technical Expertise
• Proficiency in Node.js or Python – Hands-on experience with backend development frameworks
and best practices.
• Expertise in SQL/NoSQL Databases – Strong experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or
DynamoDB.
• ElasticSearch & API Development – Strong knowledge of REST APIs, ElasticSearch, and high-
availability system design.
• Cloud & DevOps – Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Data Structures & Algorithms – Strong command over data structures, algorithms, OOD, and
design patterns.
• Version Control & Deployment – Experience with Git, GitHub Actions, and other deployment
systems.
• High-Performance Systems – Implemented solutions that handle high availability, concurrency,
and low-latency requirements.
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Experience: 4–6 Years | Function: Engineering — Product | Location: On-site
About Us
We’re building the next generation of AI-powered business software, and we’re looking for people who want to shape that future with us. With Lumen, we’re reimagining how users interact with CRM — moving beyond screens, menus and dashboards to an intelligent interface where users can simply ask AI to take actions, retrieve knowledge, generate insights and get work done. With Agent Studio, we’re enabling businesses to build, test and deploy their own AI agents for real-world workflows. And with Invorto, we’re bringing AI to voice, allowing businesses to create intelligent voice agents tailored to their customer and operational use cases.
What makes this especially exciting is the stage and scale of the opportunity. You’ll get to work on genuinely hard problems across LLMs, agents, reasoning, orchestration, voice AI, evaluation, reliability and enterprise security — not as isolated experiments, but as products used in real business workflows. You’ll have the opportunity to build zero-to-one, own meaningful parts of the product end-to-end, work closely with customers, experiment rapidly, and see your work reach production at scale.
Why join now? Because the playbook for enterprise AI is still being written. You won’t just be implementing someone else’s roadmap — you’ll help define the product, architecture and experiences that become that playbook. Expect high ownership, fast iteration, hard technical and product problems, direct customer impact, and the chance to build AI systems that have to work reliably in the real world — not just in a demo.
About the Role
We are looking for a Full-Stack Engineer with a strong backend bias to help build end-to-end product experiences across Lumen and Agent Studio. You will own features from database and API design through to the front-end experience, working closely with product and design to ship AI-powered experiences that real business users depend on every day.
What You’ll Do
Design and build backend services and APIs in Python that power core product and AI-agent features.
Build front-end interfaces and experiences that let users interact naturally with AI agents, insights and CRM workflows.
Own features end-to-end — from data modeling and backend logic to UI implementation, testing and release.
Work with product managers and designers to translate requirements into well-architected, scalable systems.
Integrate with LLM-based and agentic backend systems built by the AI/ML engineering team.
Optimize application performance, reliability and code quality across the stack.
Engage directly with customers and customer success teams to understand workflows, triage issues and inform roadmap decisions.
What We’re Looking For
4–6 years of professional full-stack engineering experience, with a clear backend-heavy skill set in Python.
Strong experience designing and building REST/GraphQL APIs, data models and scalable backend services.
Working proficiency with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React) to build and integrate user-facing features.
Experience with relational/NoSQL databases, caching and cloud infrastructure.
Ability to move fast in a zero-to-one environment while maintaining code quality and system reliability.
Strong communication skills — this is a customer-facing role, and you will be expected to clearly articulate technical concepts, decisions and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including customers.
Good to Have
Experience building features on top of LLM or AI-agent backends.
Prior experience in CRM, SaaS or enterprise business applications.
Exposure to real-time or voice-based product interfaces.
About the Company
Fluxsolve Technovations Private Limited (incorporated 2023) builds Fuse-OS — an AI-powered Insurance Distribution Operating System. Fuse-OS is a unified enterprise platform that orchestrates people, processes, and insurance ecosystems across the distribution chain, from lead generation and policy issuance through servicing, reconciliation, payouts, compliance, and business intelligence.
Unlike traditional policy administration tools or point-solution workflow software, Fuse-OS serves insurers, brokers, corporate agents, aggregators, NBFCs, banks, automotive finance companies, OEMs, and dealer networks through three flagship platforms: Insurance Distribution Management, Revenue & Reporting Management, and Embedded & Group Products Management. The platform is cloud-native and AI-native, multi-tenant and modular, with enterprise security controls, configurable business rules, and integration-ready architecture.
About the Founders
Pankaj Sharma — Co-Founder & CEO. IIT Roorkee (B.Tech ECE). Leadership experience across insurance distribution and strategy, including roles at Angel One, Liberty General Insurance, Pasarpolis Indonesia, HDFC ERGO, and Coverfox, along with prior founding experience.
Prenit Wankhede — Co-Founder & CTO. IIT Kanpur (B.Tech + M.Tech EE). Engineering leadership across insurance technology and financial services, including roles at Liberty General Insurance, Morgan Stanley, and Coverfox, along with prior founding experience as CTO.
Role Summary
We are hiring Backend Developers with a full-stack orientation to help build and maintain Fuse-OS. You will primarily work with Python and Django, contribute to APIs and backend services, and comfortably support light frontend work using HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS. You will learn from senior engineers while delivering reliable features in a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
Key Responsibilities
· Develop and maintain backend features using Python and Django
· Build and enhance REST APIs, data models, business logic, and admin tooling
· Work with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and background job processing patterns
· Support full-stack contributions using HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS where needed
· Write clean, testable code; participate in code reviews and follow team engineering standards
· Debug issues across application, data, and service layers with guidance from senior engineers
· Collaborate with frontend, QA, and product/delivery stakeholders on requirements and delivery quality
· Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing within the team
Required Skills & Qualifications
· Hands-on experience with Python and Django (academic projects, internships, or professional work)
· Working knowledge of PostgreSQL / relational data modeling and ORM usage
· Comfort with Git, Linux basics, and debugging application behavior from logs
· Frontend familiarity for full-stack contribution: HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS
· Ability to read existing codebases, follow established patterns, and deliver incremental improvements
· Strong analytical problem-solving skills and attention to detail
· Good written and verbal communication
Preferred / Nice to Have
· Familiarity with browser automation using Selenium and Python (big plus)
· Exposure to Celery/Redis, Django REST Framework, or common data-processing libraries
· Basic AWS familiarity (e.g., compute, storage, monitoring) — optional but good to have
· Experience with SaaS products, multi-tenant applications, or enterprise web systems
Domain Preference
Familiarity with the insurance industry and InsurTech is preferred but not mandatory. Strong engineering fundamentals and willingness to learn the domain matter more.
What We Offer
· Opportunity to build a category-defining Insurance Distribution Operating System (Fuse-OS)
· Work on modern multi-tenant SaaS architecture with meaningful ownership and mentoring
· Collaborative product and engineering culture focused on quality and customer outcomes
· Exposure to enterprise SaaS, AI-enabled workflows, and large-scale operational systems
· Growth path with clear impact on product and customers
About the Role
We are looking for a motivated Software Developer to join our team and help design, develop, test, and maintain reliable software applications. The ideal candidate should have strong programming fundamentals, problem-solving skills, and a willingness to learn new technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and maintain web and software applications.
- Write clean, scalable, and well-documented code.
- Work with frontend and backend technologies to build new features.
- Identify and fix bugs, performance issues, and technical problems.
- Integrate APIs and third-party services when required.
- Work with databases and maintain data integrity.
- Collaborate with designers, developers, and other team members.
- Participate in code reviews and follow software development best practices.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and development tools.
Required Skills
- Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Knowledge of at least one programming language such as Python, Java, PHP, C++, or JavaScript/Node.js.
- Basic understanding of databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
- Familiarity with REST APIs and Git/GitHub.
- Good understanding of software development and debugging.
- Strong logical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with React, Angular, or Vue.js.
- Experience with Node.js, Django, Flask, Laravel, or similar frameworks.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Familiarity with AI/ML integration or automation is a plus.
Qualifications
- B.Tech/B.E., BCA, MCA, or a related degree.
- Freshers with strong programming skills are welcome to apply.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to work on real-world software projects.
- Learning and professional development opportunities.
- Collaborative and growth-oriented work environment.
- Exposure to modern technologies and development practices.
- Competitive salary based on skills and experience.







