Forward Deployed Engineer / Engineering & Delivery Lead

ELAI AgriTech; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ELAI AgriTech in Pune (hybrid/remote) seeks a hands-on engineering leader who can own the last mile between “we built it” and “the customer can actually use it.” This isn’t a traditional management role: it combines architecture, delivery, and customer empathy to make SaaS products reliable at scale. You’ll mentor the team, fix complex problems, and drive real impact across the product.

The role requires 7+ years of hands-on software experience, strong backend and architecture chops, and a

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on software/technology experience in startups or fast-moving product environments.
• Strong backend + architecture chops, comfortable with cloud, APIs, databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience taking products from prototype to production.
• Track record of mentoring engineers and leading delivery, not just coding.

Responsibilities

• Dive into backend, frontend, infra, and architecture problems and fix them.
• Mentor and level up the existing engineering team and remove blockers.
• Talk to customers, translate needs into technical solutions, and drive execution.
• Help take our product from MVP to stable, scalable SaaS.

Skills

Backend Development

Architecture

Cloud

APIs

Distributed Systems

Mentoring

Delivery Leadership

Tools

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

If you've ever wished you could stop managing tickets and start solving real problems, this one's for you.

ELAI AgriTech is building technology to make agriculture more data-driven, intelligent, and sustainable. We're now looking for a hands-on engineering leader who can own the last mile between "we built it" and "the customer can actually use it."

This isn't a traditional management role. It's not a pure coding role either. It's for someone who can:

Dive into backend, frontend, infra, and architecture problems and actually fix them. Help take our product from MVP → stable, scalable SaaS Mentor and level up our existing engineering team. Talk to customers, translate their needs into technical solutions, and get the team executing spot blockers early and clear them — not elevate them.

What we're looking for:

• 7+ years of hands-on software/technology experience, ideally in startups or fast-moving product environments
• Strong backend + architecture chops, comfortable with cloud, APIs, databases, and distributed systems
• Experience taking products from prototype to production
• A track record of mentoring engineers and leading delivery — not just writing code
• Bonus points for AgriTech, ClimateTech, AI/ML, geospatial, IoT, or SaaS experience

Pune / Remote | Hybrid-We are looking for the right person more than a fixed arrangement. If you've been craving ownership and impact over hierarchy and process, let's talk.