Senior Backend Engineer (Platform) - Remote

Requirements

• Proficient in Java or similar object-oriented programming languages

• Familiarity with developing and deploying enterprise applications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Understanding of distributed systems or microservices architecture

• Problem-solving skills with the ability to debug and troubleshoot distributed systems issues in a cloud environment

• 5+ years of experience in full time agile software development roles

• Experience with owning features end to end from design and development through deployment and production support

• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset

• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and solving complex problems

• Ownership of assigned tasks with attention to detail

• A proactive approach to challenges with a growth-oriented mindset

• Willingness to learn from and collaborate with other team members

Preferred Candidate

• Experience with the Spring ecosystem frameworks in Java

• Experience with large scale distributed data processing technologies like Spark and query engines like Trino

• Experience with data analytics

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

• Experience with resource management frameworks like Airflow or Argo

• Knowledge of agentic application principles, including knowledge extraction from unstructured data, short-term/long-term memory design and vector-based context management

• Experience with prompting frameworks (e.g., ReAct, CoT), multi-agent orchestration frameworks (e.g. AutoGen, CrewAI), agent communication protocols (e.g. A2A, MCP)

• Familiarity with embedding models, vector stores, and grounding techniques is a plus

Responsibilities

• Develop key platform features such as job scheduling, orchestration, execution engine and resource management

• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code while adhering to industry standards & best practices

• Investigate and resolve issues in the platform to ensure reliability, scalability and performance

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers and designers, to contribute to feature definitions and implementation

• Continuously improve your technical skills by working alongside experienced team members and participating in technical discussions

Job Details

Job location: India (Remote)

Interview process

• Resume/Screening round

• Technical round

• System design round

• Culture/team fit round

• Final leadership round