Sr. Product Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Develop and maintain server-side applications using Go Lang.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and maintainable RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Optimize applications for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code that adheres to best practices.

Preferred candidate profile

• Minimum 5 years of working experience in Go Lang development.
• Proven experience in developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Familiarity of cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

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.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain web applications using Java and React JS.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.

• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.

• Maintain code integrity and organization.

• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.

• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code.

• Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.

• Participate in team meetings and discussions to understand user needs and functionalities.

• Perform code reviews and improve and maintain code quality.

• Work closely with product management and back-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.

• Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure applications are current and competitive.

Requirements:

• Strong proficiency in Java.

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services.

• Good project management skills.

• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Python Backend Developer 🚀

📍 Location: Baner, Pune (Work from Office)

💰 Compensation: ₹6 LPA

🕑 Experience Required: Minimum 2 years as a Python Backend Developer

About Us

Foto Owl AI is a fast-growing product-based company headquartered in Baner, Pune.

We specialize in:

⚡ Hyper-personalized fan engagement

🤖 AI-powered real-time photo sharing

📸 Advanced media asset management

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Python Backend Developer, you’ll play a key role in designing, building, and deploying scalable backend systems that power our cutting-edge platforms.

Architect and develop complex, secure, and scalable backend services

Build and maintain APIs & data pipelines for web, mobile, and AI-driven platforms

Optimize SQL & NoSQL databases for high performance

Manage AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, etc.)

Implement observability, monitoring, and security best practices

Collaborate cross-functionally with product & AI teams

Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues with efficiency

What We’re Looking For

✅ Strong expertise in Python backend development

✅ Solid knowledge of Data Structures & Algorithms

✅ Hands-on experience with SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, etc.)

✅ Proficiency in RESTful APIs & Microservice design

✅ Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native systems

✅ Experience managing AWS-based deployments

Why Join Us?

At Foto Owl AI, you’ll be part of a passionate team building world-class media tech products used in sports, events, and fan engagement platforms. If you love scalable backend systems, real-time challenges, and AI-driven products, this is the place for you.

We are looking for a focussed, energetic and motivated Senior Java Developer. You must have sufficient experience in Java Development, Spring, Spring Boot, AWS and SQS, S3. You will be challenged with complex and robust product development.

As a Senior Java Developer, you will be the most senior developer within the company working alongside other Java Developers, the Engineering Manager, and the CTO.

Senior Java Developer requirements

Solid development experience using Java, Springboot, SQS, S3 and Microservices

Experience working in Swing Java framework

Revises, updates, refactors, and debugs code

Write clear, concise and efficient code and ensure it is fully tested

Service and develop features using Java with AWS, JUnit, SQL and Spring framework

You have a good knowledge of Cloud technologies (ideally AWS)

Participate in peer coding reviews and work in a collaborative, agile environment

Demonstrate technical knowledge and expertise with a clear understanding on the products' technical composition

Senior Java Developer responsibilities

7-9 yrs minimum work experience

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills

Excellent attention to detail and time-management skills

Serves as an expert on developed applications

Ability to adapt and learn new product/technology is key

Collaborates with internal teams to produce software design and architecture

Knowledge of Agile frameworks (i.e. Scrum) and has worked with Jira or Spira

Attend daily stand-up meetings alongside the Scrum Master

A self-starter, hardworking and committed individual

Work UK hours - ideally 9.00am - 6pm with the expectation to work out of ours when needed

• To support and maintain existing Java code base, debug the application 
• To analyse user and business requirements and design and implement appropriate solutions 
• To design and code programs following in-house standards and good design principles 
• To ensure that all programs are documented to the company standards 
• To create unit test plans and perform unit testing of the programs
• To provide advice and guidance to other members of the team

• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms 
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns 
• Good knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate) 
• Experience in the Spring Framework 
• Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC) 
• Experience in RESTFul webservices
• Experience with test-driven development 
• Exposure to portal/mobility development - Desired
• Exposure to any of middleware solutions like MQ, Oracle fusion middleware(WebLogic), WebSphere, Open Source

We are looking for a Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

You will be part of a talented software team that works on mission-critical applications. Java developer roles and responsibilities include managing Java application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.

Java developer responsibilities include designing, developing and delivering high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems.

Experience : 2+ years

Location : Mumbai (WFO only) Initial few months work from home

Notice Period : 0 to 30 days ( Immediate joiners are preferred)

Roles & Responsibilities :

(This role encompassing both API engineering using Java stack and web development

Experience in designing, developing, testing and successfully deploying critical and complex projects.)

• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code
• Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review

· Build reusable code and libraries for future use

Required Skill set :

· Java background with a minimum of 3+ years experience in Java technologies.

· Experience in designing and developing application backend using frameworks like Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Jersey, JPA, Hibernate, SQL, Linux, JSON, XML, OAuth etc.

· Well & good if has Experience with frontend technologies

· Experience with both SQL and NoSQL database systems and writing SQL queries

· Strong experience building, designing, and consuming Restful web services.

· Exposure of Cloud Infrastructure - AWS and Alibaba Cloud

· Excellent understanding of ORM and Database concepts

· Experience with developing unit test code using JUNIT, Power Mock/EasyMock/Mockito etc.

· Experience with Git, Maven and CI/CD pipelines to deploy on Cloud applications

· Experience & knowledge on Micro services Architecture and API development using Java, spring, Spring Boot

· Experienced in roles conducting requirements gathering, writing user stories, creating application design and using design patterns

· Good knowledge on credentials/secrets management and data encryption techniques

· Good knowledge on coding standards, design patterns, unit testing.

· Good hands-on BitBucket/Github is preferred.