Founding Backend Engineer

Job Title:

Schedule:

• Evening Shift
• Regular Shift

Why Join Now?

This is a rare opportunity to:

• Join as a

  founding engineer

  and shape the architecture, product, and engineering culture from day one.
• Work on

  meaningful, high-impact problems

  that affect millions of people.
• Help build a

  modern backend from scratch

  with clarity, scale, and resilience in mind.
• Be part of a

  mission-driven team

  operating at the intersection of technology, finance, and public policy.

What You'll Do

As the Founding Backend Engineer, you will:

• Own and build

  core backend services and APIs

  design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable endpoints.
• Model

  data systems

  using Postgres and DynamoDB, choosing the right tools and schemas for the task.
• Build on

  AWS Serverless infrastructure

  (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, EventBridge, SQS/Kinesis).
• Optimize backend performance through

  query tuning

  , caching strategies, and efficient pagination.
• Ingest and normalize

  policy and financial data

  from external sources using both batch and streaming data pipelines.
• Integrate

  AI/ML services

  via AWS Bedrock (LLMs, embeddings, retrieval systems, guardrails).
• Implement

  observability best practices

  : structured logging, metrics, distributed tracing, alerting.
• Uphold

  security and compliance

  : authentication, authorization, IAM roles, secret management, input validation.
• Ensure

  code quality and deployment hygiene

  with testing, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and zero-downtime deployments.
• Help define the

  overall architecture

  , with long-term scalability, maintainability, and performance in mind.

Who You Are

• Backend engineer with

  4+ years of experience

  in production environments (or equivalent project depth).
• Proficient with

  AWS Serverless

  stack (Lambda, S3, API Gateway) and databases (Postgres, DynamoDB).
• API-first mindset: You care about clean contracts, versioning, idempotency, and developer experience.
  
• Obsessed with performance: You reduce latency, optimize SQL queries, and minimize cold starts.
  
• Security-conscious: You design systems with clear boundaries, minimal blast radius, and strong safeguards.
  
• Comfortable in

  startup environments

  you move fast, adapt quickly, and thrive in ambiguity.
• Mission-aligned: You believe technology can make policy more transparent and accessible.
  

Nice to Have

• Python scripting for data processing, ETL, or third-party API integrations.
  
• Experience working with

  LLMs

  or integrating with

  AWS Bedrock

  .
• Familiarity with

  financial APIs

  (like Setu, Perfios, or RBI datasets) or government open data platforms.
• Previous experience as a

  founding engineer

  or early-stage team member.

Tech Stack

• Backend:

  AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, EventBridge, SQS, Kinesis

• Data:

  Postgres, DynamoDB

• AI/ML:

  AWS Bedrock (LLMs, embeddings, retrieval)

• Language:

  Python (nice to have)

Compensation & Benefits

• Role:

  Founding Backend Engineer

• Compensation:

  Competitive salary

• Benefits:

  Remote-friendly, flexible hours

• Location:

  Remote-first (India preferred)

• Impact:

  Build something that helps millions understand the policies that shape their lives