Sr Backend Engineer

About Enlite

Enlite is Indias leading cloud-native building automation company, transforming how buildings are managed, experienced, and made sustainable. Were building the future of intelligent infrastructure one that is wireless, software-first, AI-enabled, and built for scale.

We are a Series A funded company, backed by a strong set of marquee investors, including leading institutional funds and prominent family offices. After years of product-first, bootstrapped growth, we are now scaling rapidly across commercial real estate, campuses, data centers, and enterprise portfolios.

At Enlite, we combine cutting-edge hardware, scalable software, and deep customer insight to deliver end-to-end smart building solutionsfrom energy management and access control to centralized command centers and ESG compliance.

If you're excited about solving real-world problems at the intersection of AI, IoT, and sustainability, and want to work with a passionate, high-performance team, Enlite is the place for you.

The Role

Senior Backend Engineer

define the future of AI-powered infrastructure engineering

What Youll Do

• Architect and implement scalable microservices in

  Java (8+)

  and

  Spring Boot

  , optimized for cloud-native environments.
• Build backend services that orchestrate

  AI-powered infrastructure automation

  workflows.
• Leverage AI tools (code-generation assistants, AI test harnesses) to

  accelerate development, improve reliability, and innovate faster

  .
• Mentor a team of 34 engineers, instilling best practices in

  AI-augmented software development

  .
• Work on database optimization (

  MySQL/PostgreSQL

  ), caching layers (

  Redis

  ), and event-driven architectures (

  Kafka

  ).
• Collaborate with product and software teams to push the boundaries of what backend + AI systems can achieve.
• Own deployment, scaling, and monitoring strategies across

  Linux-based cloud environments

  .

• Embed AI into the core

  : Integrate predictive and generative models that enable

  autonomous decision-making, adaptive automation, and continuous optimization

  .

What You Bring

• 68 years

  of backend engineering experience with a strong

  Core Java

  foundation.
• Expertise in

  data structures, algorithms, and system design patterns

  .
• Hands-on experience with

  Spring Boot

  and

  microservices architectures

  .
• Solid background in

  SQL databases

  and

  distributed systems

  .
• Experience managing small teams, fostering innovation, and shipping high-impact systems.

Bonus Points For

• Building or scaling

  automation systems

  .
• Experience with

  Kafka, Redis

  , or cloud-native architectures (

  Kubernetes, containers

  ).
• Exposure to

  AI/ML systems, vector databases, or LLM-driven orchestration

  .

Why Join Enlite?

• Be a pioneer:

  Shape the

  worlds first AI-powered cloud-native infrastructure automation platform

  .

• Impact at scale:

  Your work will influence how the infrastructureis built and managed

• Innovate fearlessly:

  Were a team that thrives on bold ideas and execution