U.S. GenAI Startup, Pune Office, Private Limited Company
Full Time Employment directly to our Private Limited Company. We are committed to an enduring and robust presence in Pune. Our goal is to enable you to have a long enduring career at Blitzy with opportunity for advancement throughout your career at the company. If you want a role you can turn into a career, read on! If you are looking for a short term arrangement, we recommend you look elsewhere!
About Blitzy
Blitzy is a Boston, MA based Generative AI Start-up with an established office in Pune, India. We are on a mission to automate custom software creation to unlock the next industrial revolution.We're backed by multiple tier 1 investors, have success as founders at the last start-up, and dozens of Generative AI patents to our names.
Compensation:
30,00,000 INR to 50,00,000 INR annual salary
Location:
Pune, India (in-person role)
About The Role
We are looking for talented Senior Backend Engineers (5+ years of experience) to join our team and take ownership of different parts of our stack. You will be working alongside a team of Engineers locally and directly with the U.S. Engineering team on all aspects of product/application development. You will leverage your experiences and abilities to inform decisions across product development and technology. You will help us build the foundation of our 2nd Headquarters in Pune: its culture, its processes, and its practices. There are a ton of interesting problems to solve, so come hungry. If your colleagues describe you as curious, driven, kind, and creative you are a culture fit.What Success Looks Like
- You write, review and ship code in production. Your employer or client's success depends on the software you build
- You use Generative AI tools on a daily basis to enhance the quality and efficacy of your software and non-software deliverables
- You are a self-starter and enjoy working with minimal supervision
- You evaluate and make technical architecture decisions with a long-term view, optimizing for speed, quality, and safety
- You take pride in the product you create and the code that you write
- Your team can rely on you to get them out of a sticky situation in production
- You can work well on a team of sales executives, designers and engineers in an in-person environment
- You are passionate about the enterprise software development lifecycle and feel strongly about improving it
- You are a first principles engineer who exercises curiosity about the technologies you work with
- You can learn quickly about technologies, software and code that you are not familiar with, often from rudimentary documentation
- You take ownership of the code that you write, and you help the team operate with everything that you build, throughout its lifecycle
- You communicate openly and solicit feedback on important decisions, keeping the team aligned on your rationale
- You exercise an optimistic mindset and are willing to go the extra mile to make things work
Areas of OwnershipOur hiring process is designed for you to demonstrate a generalist set of capabilities, with a specialization in Backend Technologies.
Required Technical Experience (MUST HAVE)
- Expertise in Python - MUST HAVE
- Deep hands-on experience with Terraform - MUST HAVE
- Proficiency in Kubernetes - MUST HAVE
- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP strongly preferred, AWS/Azure acceptable) - MUST HAVE
Additional Experience With Some Of The Following
- Backend Frameworks and Technologies (Node.js, NuxtJS, Express.js)
- Programming languages (JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C++, Go)
- RPCs (REST, gRPC or GraphQL)
- Databases (SQL, NoSQL, Postgres, MongoDB, or Firebase)
- CI/CD (Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab or similar)
- Source code versioning tools such as Git or Perforce
- Microservices architecture
Ways to stand out
- Familiarity with AI Platforms
- Extensive experience with building enterprise-scale applications with >99% SLAs
- Deep expertise across the full required stack: Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, and GCP
You'll Get...
- Competitive Salary
- Medical Insurance Benefits
- Employer Provident Fund contributions with Gratuity after 5 years of service
- Company-sponsored US onsite trips for high performers, based on business requirements
- Potential international transfer support for top performers, based on business requirements
- Technology (hardware, software, trainings, etc.) equipment and/or allowance
- The opportunity to re-shape an entire industry
- Beautiful office environment
- Meal allowance and/or food provision on site
Culture
Who we are:
Our Co-Founder and CTO is a Serial Gen AI Inventor who grew up in Pune, India, is a BITS Pilani graduate, and worked at NVIDIA's Pune office for 6 years. There, he was promoted 5 times in 6 years and was transferred to the NVIDIA Headquarters in Santa Clara, California. After making significant contributions to NVIDIA, he proceeded to attend Harvard for his dual Masters in Engineering and MBA from HBS. Our other Co-Founder/CEO is a successful Serial Entrepreneur who has built multiple companies. As a team, we work very hard, have a curious mind-set, and believe in a low-ego high output approach.
What We Ask Of You
Please ask yourself if you are ready for a challenge before applying. Even in optimal conditions, Start-Ups are hard, and are always a lot of work. What you do week to week will change. If this feels exciting, not concerning, that's a good sign.To applyApply through this posting.Process
Here's What You Can Expect
Part 1) Online Technical Test:
https://coderbyte.com/sl-candidate?promo=blitzyai-soqdn:software-engineer-73-jegd9la&invb=user5x59dzwi^You must pass this technical assessment to enter the interview phase. Please use this above URL after you submit your resume to start the process. This will assess your skills as a Backend developer. Your performance on this will be heavily weighted to assessing your candidacy. Feel free to use any online resources or chatbot. The test has a 3 hour time limit.
Part 2)
Three Interviews with Blitzy Management
Part 3)
Notification of offer with timeline to accept
