Software Engineer / AI Engineer at JuiceLabs AI · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 3 - 6 years · ₹15L - ₹25L / yr · Posted 22 Oct 2026

About Juicelabs
Where creative engineering meets applied AI.
We build vertical, AI-native tools that unlock fresh insights and creative superpowers for clients in advertising, ecommerce, and beyond. We're a nimble team of founders and builders obsessed with using AI to solve real problems in ways that didn't exist eighteen months ago.
The Opportunity
A year ago, we would have posted this as a backend role. That role doesn't really exist any more.
Code has become nearly invisible. Agents write it, test it, and iterate on it faster than anyone could read it. What's left is the work above it: deciding what's worth building, designing systems that hold up at 10x, and building the setup that turns a clear spec into working software.
That's the job. At your level, it isn't one system. It's several workstreams, running at once.
You'll work directly with our Cofounder/CTO on products going from zero to one, with AI at the core of both what we build and how we build it. Real ownership, real scope, and an unusual amount of leverage: one engineer with good judgment and a well-tuned agent setup now ships what a small team used to.
What you'll do
- Own multiple workstreams in parallel. Two or three features of the same product moving at once, each with its own scope, edge cases, and failure modes. You decide where your attention goes this week, and nothing goes stale.
- Run a fleet, not a single agent. Design the setup that makes high-throughput work possible: how work gets broken down, specced, and run across many agents at once, so output scales without things breaking.
- Design the system. Service boundaries, data models, failure modes. Make the architectural calls before a line gets generated, and be able to explain the trade-off six months later.
- Write the spec. PRDs and technical designs are the new source code. A vague spec produces confidently wrong software, fast. Scope, edge cases, non-goals, what "done" means.
- Own it end to end. Ideation → design → build → deploy → monitor → iterate, including functional UX. Nobody hands you tickets.
- Set the workflow. Bring your harness: CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, subagents, custom commands, eval loops — whatever makes agents reliable rather than merely impressive. We want to steal your good ideas.
What we're looking for
- High agency. You see the gap and close it. You don't wait for direction, and you don't need to be chased for follow-through. This is the single trait we screen hardest for. And you can do it across several workstreams at once, without dropping threads.
- Real system design depth. You can reason about consistency, caching, queues, and scale — and about complexity, because you need to know when an elegant-looking solution is quietly quadratic. LeetCode ninja not required. Being able to explain why this won't blow up at 10x, very much required.
- Clear thinking, put to paper. You get the thinking straight first, then write it down so nobody has to guess: PRDs, design docs, PR comments. Writing is most of how you'll direct both humans and models, and muddy thinking on paper becomes muddy software.
- You've shipped to production. Deployed things, monitored them, been paged by them, fixed them. Docker, CI/CD, cloud infra. Our stack is mostly Python (FastAPI), Postgres, GCP/AWS — but we care more about how you think than which framework you've memorised.
- You orchestrate AI, not just use it. Not "I've tried Copilot," and not just "I use Claude Code." You've run multiple agents in parallel and developed opinions: how to split work so they don't step on each other, where they excel, where they confidently lie, how you structure a repo so they don't wander, and how you verify what comes back at volume.
- Startup energy. Multiple hats, fast cycles, and the judgment to balance "ship it now" against "will this survive contact with real users?"
Experience
3–6 years of professional experience (full-time positions, excluding internships).
Location / How to apply
On-site at our office in HSR Layout, Bangalore.
Apply through this posting, or email us with a link to the best thing you've built.

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We believe the future of software development is AI-native — where engineers operate at a higher level of abstraction and quality remains non-negotiable.
Incubyte is a software craft consultancy where the “how” of building software matters as much as the “what”.
We partner with companies of all sizes, from helping enterprises build, scale, and modernize to early-stage founders bring their ideas to life.
Our engineers operate in an AI-native development model, using AI as a collaborator across the SDLC to accelerate development while upholding the discipline of software craftsmanship. Guided by Software Craftsmanship and Extreme Programming practices, we build reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems with speed, without compromising quality. If this way of building software resonates with you, we’d like to talk.
Our Guiding Principles
These principles define how we work at Incubyte. They are non-negotiable.
Relentless Pursuit of Quality with Pragmatism
We build high-quality systems without losing sight of delivery.
Extreme Ownership
We take responsibility end-to-end for decisions, execution, and outcomes.
Proactive Collaboration
We collaborate closely, challenge each other, and solve problems together.
Active Pursuit of Mastery
We continuously improve our craft and raise our bar.
Invite, Give, and Act on Feedback
We seek, give, and act on feedback to get better every day.
Ensuring Client Success
We act as trusted partners and focus on real outcomes, not just output.
Job Description
This is a remote position.
This is a remote position.
Experience Level
This role is ideal for engineers with 3–6 years of experience and a strong background in building scalable, production-grade software systems.
We are looking for hands-on Software Engineers with deep expertise in Python and TypeScript, with exposure to AI/LLM systems and modern infrastructure tooling.
What You’ll Do as a Software Craftsperson
• Take full ownership of the software development lifecycle for complex, cross-functional initiatives — from design through production readiness.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable backend systems and APIs using Python and TypeScript, following clean code and software craftsmanship principles.
• Design and deliver features end-to-end, balancing scope, quality, and long-term maintainability.
• Identify technical and product issues beyond the immediate scope of work, proactively raising risks and driving solutions.
• Shape team practices around code quality, testing, tooling, and continuous improvement using DevEx and DORA principles.
• Collaborate closely with clients and internal teams to understand requirements, clarify priorities, and align on outcomes.
• Mentor and guide fellow engineers to raise overall team performance and promote a culture of learning.
• Leverage AI tools (LLMs, agentic frameworks, etc.) to accelerate design, development, testing, and delivery where applicable.
Requirements
What You’ll Bring
3–6 years of overall software engineering experience with a strong track record of owning and delivering complex production systems.
Must-Have Skills
• Python (must-have): Deep expertise in writing idiomatic, testable, production-grade Python — including advanced OOP, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices.
• TypeScript (must-have): Strong proficiency in building and maintaining type-safe, scalable applications across frontend and/or backend TypeScript codebases.
• Strong system design skills: ability to architect scalable, maintainable, and observable systems with a focus on reliability and long-term operability.
• Solid engineering practices: experience with TDD, CI/CD, code reviews, refactoring, and continuous deployment in Agile or eXtreme Programming environments.
• Working knowledge of relational databases, web server ecosystems, REST/gRPC APIs, and performance optimisation.
• Experience with source control, bug tracking, user story writing, and maintaining clear technical documentation.
Good-to-Have Skills
• AI / LLM experience: hands-on exposure to building applications using LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar) for tasks such as document classification, entity extraction, or structured data generation.
• LLM orchestration frameworks: familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Mastra, Agno, or similar agentic frameworks.
• Prompt engineering: experience refining prompts and orchestration patterns to improve response accuracy, consistency, and structured outputs.
• Vector databases and observability tooling: exposure to tools like Pinecone, PgVector, Qdrant, LangSmith, or DeepEval.
• Container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code: experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker for deploying and managing production workloads.
Benefits
Life at Incubyte
We are a remote-first company with structured flexibility. Teams commit to shared rhythms during core hours, ensuring smooth collaboration while maintaining autonomy. Twice a year, we come together in person for a co-working sprint and once a year for a retreat — with all travel expenses covered.
Our environment is built for crafters: experimenting with real-world systems, solving complex infrastructure challenges, and contributing to cutting-edge AI initiatives. We are all lifelong learners, and our work is our passion.
Perks
• Dedicated learning & development budget
• Sponsorship for conference talks
• Comprehensive medical & term insurance
• Employee-friendly leave policies
• Home Office fund
• Medical Insurance
About Us
We believe the future of software development is AI-native — where engineers operate at a higher level of abstraction and quality remains non-negotiable.
Incubyte is a software craft consultancy where the “how” of building software matters as much as the “what”.
We partner with companies of all sizes, from helping enterprises build, scale, and modernize to early-stage founders bring their ideas to life.
Our engineers operate in an AI-native development model, using AI as a collaborator across the SDLC to accelerate development while upholding the discipline of software craftsmanship. Guided by Software Craftsmanship and Extreme Programming practices, we build reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems with speed, without compromising quality. If this way of building software resonates with you, we’d like to talk.
Our Guiding Principles
These principles define how we work at Incubyte. They are non-negotiable.
Relentless Pursuit of Quality with Pragmatism
We build high-quality systems without losing sight of delivery.
Extreme Ownership
We take responsibility end-to-end for decisions, execution, and outcomes.
Proactive Collaboration
We collaborate closely, challenge each other, and solve problems together.
Active Pursuit of Mastery
We continuously improve our craft and raise our bar.
Invite, Give, and Act on Feedback
We seek, give, and act on feedback to get better every day.
Ensuring Client Success
We act as trusted partners and focus on real outcomes, not just output.
Experience Level
This role is ideal for engineers with total 3+ years of experience with a proven track record of shipping complex projects successfully.
An experienced individual contributor and leader who thrives in large, complex projects with widespread impact.
What You’ll Do as a Software Craftsperson
- Design and build high-quality, maintainable systems using disciplined engineering practices such as TDD, continuous refactoring, and pair programming
- Operate in an AI-native development model, using AI as a collaborator to explore architecture and design, accelerate development, and continuously improve systems while applying strong judgment to ensure that speed never compromises quality
- Take end-to-end ownership of outcomes from problem understanding and system design to implementation, deployment, and operation in production
- Make thoughtful design decisions that balance simplicity, scalability, and long-term maintainability in real-world systems
- Maintain a high bar for engineering quality through rigorous testing, code reviews, and continuous feedback
- Investigate and resolve production issues, and implement systemic improvements to prevent recurrence
- Work directly with clients, navigate ambiguity, and translate business problems into well-designed technical solutions
- Contribute to improving team practices, tooling, and systems to raise the overall quality and effectiveness of engineering
Requirements
What You’ll Bring
- 3+ years of experience building high-quality, production systems (flexible based on demonstrated capability)
- Strong fundamentals in software engineering, including object-oriented design, system design, and testing practices such as TDD
- Demonstrated ability to build simple, maintainable, and scalable systems with a focus on long-term reliability
- Proficiency in one or more modern technologies, Python, PHP, JavaScript, or TypeScript, with the ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Deep experience working with Git in collaborative environments, including managing shared codebases, conducting code reviews, and maintaining a high bar for quality
- Ability to operate effectively in an AI-native workflow using AI as a collaborator to explore solutions and accelerate development, while applying strong judgment to ensure correctness, quality, and maintainability
- Clear thinking and strong problem-solving ability, with the capacity to break down complex problems into simple, well-structured solutions
- A strong sense of ownership — you take responsibility for outcomes, care deeply about quality, and are not comfortable shipping work that does not meet your standards.
Benefits
Life at Incubyte
We are a remote-first company with structured flexibility. Teams commit to shared rhythms during core hours, ensuring smooth collaboration while maintaining autonomy. Twice a year, we come together in person for a co-working sprint and once a year for a retreat - with all travel expenses covered.
Our environment is built for crafters: pairing, refactoring, experimenting with AI, and pushing the boundaries of software excellence. We are all lifelong learners, and our work is our passion.
Perks
- Dedicated learning & development budget.
- Sponsorship for conference talks.
- Comprehensive medical & term insurance.
- Employee-friendly leave policies.
- Home Office fund
- Medical Insurance
Job Title: Platform Engineer
Location: Bangalore(Onsite)
Experience Level: 3-8
Salary Range: 20-30LPA
Description:
Join a team building an AI-native enterprise platform that helps businesses make faster, smarter and more consistent operational decisions using AI, enterprise data and workflow automation.
Design and build the core platform for enterprise decision workflows. Develop reusable workflow and decision runtimes. Build scalable, cloud-native distributed systems and event-driven architectures. Design enterprise-grade APIs and platform services. Build integrations with systems such as SAP and Oracle. Develop secure multi-tenant services with authentication and RBAC. Build and manage AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment systems. Implement monitoring and observability for production systems. Support both cloud and on-premise deployments. Enable faster onboarding and deployment of new enterprise workflows.
Requirements:
- Strong hands-on experience with Python
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- AWS
- Practical experience with Redis
- Kafka/event streaming
- REST APIs
- CI/CD
- Git
- Good understanding of Kubernetes
- Distributed systems
- Event-driven architecture
- Enterprise SaaS
- Microservices
- Strong backend engineering fundamentals
- Ability to design scalable, reliable and production-ready systems
We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our team in a long-term contractor capacity to continue development of a production-grade platform hosted on AWS.
This application supports policy processing, third-party integrations, compliance workflows, reporting, and intelligent automation capabilities. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer first, capable of contributing across the full stack while helping scale and evolve the platform.
This role requires someone who can step into an existing system, understand complex workflows quickly, and independently deliver high-quality solutions.
Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack application features across frontend and backend systems
• Build and support integrations with third-party systems and APIs
• Develop workflow-driven processes using Temporal
• Build scalable APIs and backend services using Python
• Maintain and optimize relational databases using PostgreSQL
• Develop reporting and analytics capabilities using charting libraries
• Contribute to AI-enabled features and integrations within the platform
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
• Participate in architecture discussions and help shape long-term technical direction
• Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to deliver production-ready solutions
Required Qualifications
Engineering
• at least 7+ years of full stack software engineering experience
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Strong frontend development experience with modern web frameworks
• Strong backend API development experience
• Experience designing and building scalable applications
• Strong understanding of software architecture and best practices
• Experience working in complex, integrated systems
Workflow and Orchestration
• Proven experience with Temporal
• Experience building and managing workflow orchestration patterns
• Familiarity with asynchronous processing and event-driven systems
Database and Reporting
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL
• Strong SQL and data modeling experience
• Experience building reporting dashboards and analytics features
• Experience with charting libraries such as Chart.js, D3.js, or Plotly
DevOps
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with containerized deployments
• Experience with cloud environments and modern development workflows
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in insurance, surplus lines, or compliance-based applications
• Experience integrating with third-party vendors and external APIs
• Experience with AI tooling, LLM integrations, and context engineering
• Experience building intelligent automation features
What We Are Looking For
• Self-driven and highly autonomous
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Comfortable with ownership and accountability
• Able to contribute with minimal supervision
• Strong communication skills in English
• Comfortable working U.S.-based business hours
Ideal Candidate
A senior full stack engineer who can quickly contribute to an active production system, own features end-to-end, and help expand a platform that sits at the center of complex business workflows and integrations. Send resume with projects and contact information.
Proficient
Python Backend Development
Python, REST APIs, Microservices, FastAPI, Flask, Django, API Design, Authentication, Error Handling
Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend systems using Python frameworks. Build robust REST APIs, ensure secure authentication, and handle errors gracefully. Demonstrate expertise in microservices architecture and API design.
35
Proficient
React JS
React JS, Components, Hooks, State Management, API Integration, Responsive UI, Frontend Testing
Develop responsive and interactive user interfaces using React JS. Effectively use components, hooks, and state management. Integrate APIs and ensure frontend code is well-tested and maintainable.
30
Proficient
Gen AI / Agentic AI
LLMs, Agentic AI, LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK, Semantic Kernel, Prompt Engineering, Tool Calling, RAG, Embeddings, Vector Search, Memory, Planning, Reasoning, Multi-Agent Systems, Guardrails, Azure OpenAI, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock
Demonstrate hands-on experience with LLMs and agentic AI frameworks. Build, integrate, and optimize AI agents using modern tools and platforms. Show proficiency in prompt engineering, tool calling, RAG, embeddings, and multi-agent systems.
30
Advanced
Cloud & Deployment
AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloud Deployment, Containers, CI/CD, Application Hosting, Monitoring
Deploy applications to cloud platforms, manage containers, set up CI/CD pipelines, and monitor application health. Demonstrate familiarity with at least one major cloud provider.
Full-Stack Engineer (Backend Heavy)
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 Role
We are hiring Staff / Principal Engineers to take full, hands-on ownership of Blitzy's most critical production-grade systems and to deliver high-leverage features that materially improve customer outcomes and engineering velocity. This is the most senior individual contributor role at the company today.
This is not a Senior-plus role, an architecture-only role, or a promotion-track role. We are looking for someone who has already operated at Principal / Staff+ scope in a highly technical environment and expects to spend their time writing, reviewing, and shipping production code.
This role is 100% hands-on. Leverage comes from system ownership, execution quality, and durable technical decisions — not people management or process.
Responsibilities
- Own mission-critical production systems end-to-end, ensuring correctness, scalability, performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Design, build, and ship high-impact backend systems and features that improve product reliability, performance, and customer value.
- Architect scalable services and cloud infrastructure using technologies such as Python, REST, gRPC, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- Identify and resolve complex technical bottlenecks that limit engineering quality, system performance, or organizational velocity.
- Build and operate LLM-powered systems and validation loops that evaluate correctness, consistency, durability, and production performance.
- Design and evolve data architectures incorporating relational, NoSQL, graph, and vector databases to support complex enterprise applications and semantic retrieval.
- Modernize and improve complex enterprise systems while balancing reliability, maintainability, scalability, and delivery speed.
- Set and uphold engineering quality standards through hands-on technical leadership, sound technical judgment, and ownership of long-term technical decisions.
Qualifications
- Direct experience with Python as a primary programming language, backend frameworks, and microservices architectures.
- Expertise in REST and gRPC, with proficiency in Node.js and JavaScript.
- Proficiency in GCP, along with experience using at least one additional cloud platform such as AWS or Azure.
- Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes and Terraform in production environments.
- Experience operating highly available production systems, including monitoring, scalability, reliability, performance optimization, and operational tooling.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB.
- Familiarity with graph databases such as Neo4j and vector databases or embedding infrastructure for semantic search and retrieval.
- Hands-on experience building and operating LLM-powered systems in production, including evaluation, validation, regression testing, tracing, and failure analysis.
- Working knowledge of LangSmith or comparable LLM observability and evaluation tools; familiarity with OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar model providers is a plus.
- Ability to contribute across the full stack, with a strong understanding of frontend architecture and the ability to debug, design, and ship across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI systems.
- Understanding of large-scale enterprise software systems, including architecture, integration, deployment, modernization, and long-term maintainability.
- Proven track record of operating at Staff+, Principal Engineer, or equivalent level, independently driving complex technical initiatives and delivering high-impact outcomes with minimal supervision.
Blitzy is a Cambridge, MA based AI software development platform on a mission to revolutionize the software development life cycle by autonomously building custom software to unlock the next industrial revolution. We're transforming how enterprises build software, turning enterprise requirements into enterprise grade code with an agentic software development platform that can autonomously execute 80% of the quantum of software development work. We're backed by multiple tier 1 investors, and have proven success as founders of previous start-ups.
Our Culture
Who we are:
Led by two pioneering co-founders we are one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S., creating our own category of enterprise autonomous software development. We automate thousands of hours of software development for our customers, which includes strong representation within the Fortune 500.
How we work:
- We move Blitzy Fast: Time is both our company’s and our clients’ most precious asset. We move quickly and decisively to innovate internally and deliver exceptional software externally.
- Championship Mindset: We operate like a professional sports team. We win as a team by holding ourselves and each other to high standards, collaborating in-person, and remaining focused on the mission.
- Passion for Invention: We’re pushing the frontier of what’s possible, requiring constant innovation and iteration.
- We Work for the Customer: We focus on delivering outsized value to the customers we work with and expanding those relationships into deep, meaningful partnerships.
- We believe in being ‘everyday athletes’: taking care of ourselves so we can bring our best minds to work. We promote great sleep, movement, and restorative activities for
Blitzy is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We believe different perspectives make us stronger.

Required Experience: 10–15 years (with at least 3–5 years in leadership roles)
● 10–15 years of overall experience in backend engineering, with strong exposure to
Python and/or Golang.
● 3–5 years of experience managing engineering teams.
● Proven experience delivering large-scale, distributed systems in production
environments.
● Strong understanding of microservices, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps
practices.
● Hands-on background in backend engineering (able to guide teams technically, even
if not coding daily).
● Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, observability, and performance optimization.
● Experience in financial services or high-transaction domains is a plus.
● Experience leading teams that have utilized AI-driven development practices (e.g.,
agentic coding, LLM integration) to improve productivity and innovation is a
significant advantage.
Skills
● Excellent leadership and people management abilities.
● Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
● Ability to balance technical depth with business priorities.
● Problem-solving mindset with a focus on delivery and impact.
● Passion for building engineering culture and improving developer experience.
About Us
We believe the future of software development is AI-native — where engineers operate at a higher level of abstraction and quality remains non-negotiable.
Incubyte is a software craft consultancy where the “how” of building software matters as much as the “what”.
We partner with companies of all sizes, from helping enterprises build, scale, and modernize to early-stage founders bring their ideas to life.
Our engineers operate in an AI-native development model, using AI as a collaborator across the SDLC to accelerate development while upholding the discipline of software craftsmanship. Guided by Software Craftsmanship and Extreme Programming practices, we build reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems with speed, without compromising quality. If this way of building software resonates with you, we’d like to talk.
Our Guiding Principles
These principles define how we work at Incubyte. They are non-negotiable.
Relentless Pursuit of Quality with Pragmatism
We build high-quality systems without losing sight of delivery.
Extreme Ownership
We take responsibility end-to-end for decisions, execution, and outcomes.
Proactive Collaboration
We collaborate closely, challenge each other, and solve problems together.
Active Pursuit of Mastery
We continuously improve our craft and raise our bar.
Invite, Give, and Act on Feedback
We seek, give, and act on feedback to get better every day.
Ensuring Client Success
We act as trusted partners and focus on real outcomes, not just output.
Job Description
This is a remote position.
Experience Level
This role is ideal for engineers with total 5+ years of experience with a proven track record of shipping complex projects successfully.
An experienced individual contributor and leader who thrives in large, complex projects with widespread impact.
What You’ll Do as a Software Craftsperson
- Design and build high-quality, maintainable systems using disciplined engineering practices such as TDD, continuous refactoring, and pair programming
- Operate in an AI-native development model, using AI as a collaborator to explore architecture and design, accelerate development, and continuously improve systems while applying strong judgment to ensure that speed never compromises quality.
- Take end-to-end ownership of outcomes from problem understanding and system design to implementation, deployment, and operation in production
- Make thoughtful design decisions that balance simplicity, scalability, and long-term maintainability in real-world systems
- Maintain a high bar for engineering quality through rigorous testing, code reviews, and continuous feedback
- Investigate and resolve production issues, and implement systemic improvements to prevent recurrence
- Work directly with clients, navigate ambiguity, and translate business problems into well-designed technical solutions
- Contribute to improving team practices, tooling, and systems to raise the overall quality and effectiveness of engineering
Requirements
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years of experience building high-quality, production systems (flexible based on demonstrated capability)
- Strong fundamentals in software engineering, including object-oriented design, system design, and testing practices such as TDD
- Demonstrated ability to build simple, maintainable, and scalable systems with a focus on long-term reliability
- Proficiency in one or more modern technologies Python, React, AI, JavaScript, or TypeScript, with the ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Deep experience working with Git in collaborative environments, including managing shared codebases, conducting code reviews, and maintaining a high bar for quality
- Ability to operate effectively in an AI-native workflow using AI as a collaborator to explore solutions and accelerate development, while applying strong judgment to ensure correctness, quality, and maintainability
- Clear thinking and strong problem-solving ability, with the capacity to break down complex problems into simple, well-structured solutions
- A strong sense of ownership — you take responsibility for outcomes, care deeply about quality, and are not comfortable shipping work that does not meet your standards.
Benefits
Life at Incubyte
We are a remote-first company with structured flexibility. Teams commit to shared rhythms during core hours, ensuring smooth collaboration while maintaining autonomy. Twice a year, we come together in person for a co-working sprint and once a year for a retreat - with all travel expenses covered.
Our environment is built for crafters: pairing, refactoring, experimenting with AI, and pushing the boundaries of software excellence. We are all lifelong learners, and our work is our passion.
Benefits
- Dedicated learning & development budget.
- Sponsorship for conference talks.
- Comprehensive medical & term insurance.
- Employee-friendly leave policies.
- Home Office fund
- Medical Insurance
We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Lead who can own backend engineering, DevOps, and delivery management.
This is not a coordination-only role. You will contribute technically while establishing the processes, accountability, and
operating rhythm needed for predictable delivery. You will manage multiple engineers and effectively use AI coding
agents and automation tools to improve the team's output without compromising quality.
Key Responsibilities
• Own the architecture, development, deployment, and reliability of our backend systems.
• Lead engineers through clear goals, task breakdowns, ownership, reviews, and regular feedback.
• Establish a process-oriented delivery system covering planning, estimation, execution, testing, release, and
retrospectives.
• Translate product requirements into technical plans, milestones, dependencies, and measurable deliverables.
• Track execution proactively, identify delivery risks early, and communicate status clearly.
• Remain hands-on with critical development, debugging, architecture, code reviews, and production issues.
• Own CI/CD, infrastructure, observability, deployment practices, and operational readiness.
• Improve engineering quality through coding standards, automated testing, documentation, and review processes.
• Delegate work effectively across team members according to their strengths and development needs.
• Use AI coding agents and engineering automation to parallelise suitable work, while reviewing and validating all
outputs.
• Build a culture of accountability in which work has clear owners, acceptance criteria, deadlines, and definitions of
done.
• Collaborate closely with product and business stakeholders to balance speed, scope, quality, and technical debt.
What We Are Looking For
• 6+ years of backend engineering experience.
• At least 2 years of experience leading or managing an engineering team.
• Strong hands-on backend development experience with Python, FastAPI, Django + Django REST Framework, and
PostgreSQL.
• Practical experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), DevOps, CI/CD, containers (Docker), monitoring, and
production operations.
• Experience working in a mature, process-oriented engineering environment.
• Demonstrated ability to improve delivery predictability and engineering throughput.
• Strong understanding of agile planning, estimation, sprint execution, incident management, and retrospectives.
• Ability to manage multiple people and concurrent streams of work.
• Experience reviewing architecture, pull requests, test plans, and production-readiness requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to give direct, constructive feedback and hold team members accountable.
• Sound judgement about when to build, delegate, automate, or reduce scope.
Tech Stack
Must-have: Python, FastAPI, Django + Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy (async) + asyncpg, Pydantic,
REST API design + JWT authentication, Docker, AWS (ECS, ALB, ECR, CloudWatch, S3, Secrets Manager), Git.
Strongly preferred: Redis, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch, WebSockets, Payment gateways (Razorpay / Cashfree), Third-
party / ERP integrations, CI/CD (AWS CodeBuild or GitHub Actions).
Nice-to-have: Frappe / ERPNext + MariaDB, Microservices architecture, PostHog / CleverTap / Firebase, B2B e-commerce
or order management experience.
AI-Assisted Engineering
The ideal candidate should be comfortable incorporating AI into the software-development lifecycle. This includes:
• Breaking work into tasks that can be delegated safely to coding agents.
• Running multiple human and agent-led workstreams concurrently.
• Providing agents with clear context, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
• Reviewing generated code for correctness, security, maintainability, and architectural fit.
• Using automation to accelerate testing, documentation, refactoring, and operational workflows.
• Measuring whether AI tooling produces genuine delivery improvements.
We do not expect blind reliance on generated output. The Engineering Lead remains accountable for the quality and
correctness of everything shipped by the team.
Success in the First 90 Days
• Understand the existing architecture, infrastructure, team capabilities, and delivery bottlenecks.
• Take ownership of backend and DevOps execution.
• Introduce a consistent planning, tracking, review, and release cadence.
• Establish visibility into ownership, progress, dependencies, and delivery risks.
• Improve CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and production-readiness practices.
• Create an effective delegation model across engineers and AI agents.
• Deliver at least one meaningful product or platform milestone predictably from planning through production.
Nice to Have
• Experience scaling an early-stage or growing engineering team.
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and performance-managing engineers.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, security practices, and cloud-cost optimisation.
• Experience managing migrations, reliability improvements, or legacy-system modernisation.
• Previous experience introducing AI-assisted development workflows into an engineering team.
Who Will Succeed in This Role
You are likely to succeed if you are equally comfortable discussing architecture, reviewing code, resolving a production incident, planning a release, and having an accountability conversation with an engineer. You bring structure without creating unnecessary bureaucracy and know how to turn product priorities into consistent, high-quality delivery.










