Senior Backend Engineer – Python & Kubernetes

Winzons; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium hardware

In-office meals/food allowance

Medical Insurance

Company-sponsored U.S. onsite trips

PF contributions & Gratuity

Job summary

Venus Consultancy in Pune is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to take deep ownership of core stack, working from our Pune office.

You will collaborate with local peers and our U.S. engineering team, shaping architecture and technical strategy while delivering robust, scalable software. This is a direct, full-time role with opportunities for growth in a generational tech company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.
• Senior Backend Engineer with deep ownership of core stack and architectures.
• Collaborates with US engineering team and Pune HQ.

Responsibilities

• Own core backend components and drive architectural decisions.
• Collaborate with local and US teams to deliver scalable software.
• Shape technical strategy and engineering practices at Pune HQ2.

Skills

Python

Terraform

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS/Azure

Node.js

Express.js

REST/GraphQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

CircleCI

GitLab

Job description

Company Name: Venus Consultancy

Job Role: Senior Backend Engineer

Work Type: Full-Time, In-Office

Experience: 10-15 Years

Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

Location: Pune

Built for the Long Haul : Your Career With Us

We are fully committed to an enduring, robust, and permanent presence in Pune. This is not a short-term project, a temporary assignment, or an agency contract. You will be hired as a direct, full-time employee of our Indian Private Limited Company.

Our goal is to provide you with a stable, long-term career path featuring immense opportunities for vertical advancement as our Pune HQ2 expands. If you are looking for a place to ground your roots, build a career, and grow alongside a generational tech company, read on. (If you are looking for a short-term arrangement, we kindly recommend looking elsewhere.)

About the Role :

We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Engineer to take deep ownership of core segments of our stack. Working out of our Pune office, you will collaborate closely with both local peers and our U.S. engineering team across all aspects of product and application development.

As a senior member of this foundational team, you will leverage your experience to shape architectural decisions, technical strategy, and help build the very culture, processes, and engineering practices of our Pune headquarters.

What Success Looks Like :

• Production Impact : You write, review, and ship clean, robust code directly to production; the platforms success relies heavily on the software you build.
• AI-Augmented Workflows : You actively leverage Generative AI tools on a daily basis to enhance the quality, speed, and efficacy of your software deliverables.
• Autonomy & Ownership : You are a self-starter who thrives with minimal supervision, taking full accountability for a system throughout its entire lifecycle.
• First-Principles Thinking : You make technical architecture decisions with a long-term view, optimizing for speed, quality, safety, and scalability.
• Collaborative Leadership : You are an excellent communicator who solicits feedback, aligns the team on your technical rationale, and serves as a dependable pillar when production issues arise.

Areas of Ownership & Technical Requirements :

Required Technical Experience (Must Have) :

• Python : Expert-level proficiency and extensive production experience.
• Terraform : Deep, hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code state management and provisioning.
• Kubernetes : Solid proficiency with container orchestration, deployment, and cluster management.
• Cloud Platforms : Practical experience with major cloud providers (GCP is strongly preferred; AWS or Azure is acceptable).

Additional Preferred Experience (Nice to Have) :

• Backend Ecosystems : Familiarity with Node.js, Express.js, or NuxtJS.
• Polyglot Exposure : General comfort or experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C++, or Go.
• Protocols & APIs : Hands-on experience with RPCs (REST, gRPC, or GraphQL).
• Databases : Robust knowledge of SQL and NoSQL systems (Postgres, MongoDB, Firebase, etc.).
• CI/CD & Tools : Experience with automated deployment tools (Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab) and version control (Git/Perforce).
• Architecture : Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems design.

Ways to Stand Out :

• Familiarity or direct experience with AI/ML platform orchestration.
• Extensive experience building enterprise-scale applications maintaining >99% SLAs.
• Deep, overlapping expertise across the entire core stack : Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, and GCP.

What Makes This Role Different?

Most traditional backend roles position you to maintain legacy enterprise systems. Here, you are building a platform that fundamentally changes how software itself is written.

You will tackle highly complex, ambiguous problems using rudimentary documentation and first-principles engineering. Because you are joining our Pune HQ2 at an early stage, you will have an outsized influence on our local culture and technical trajectory.

Our Culture & Executive Leadership :

Low-Ego, High-Output :

Our technical leadership includes serial GenAI inventors, BITS Pilani and Harvard Business School alumni, and former senior engineers from deep-tech giants like NVIDIA. We work incredibly hard, exercise constant curiosity, and value technical humility.

The Startup Reality :

Start-ups are inherently challenging, fast-paced, and demanding. What you focus on week-to-week will evolve. If this constant state of innovation excites you rather than concerns you, you will be a perfect culture fit.

Compensation & Benefits :

We offer a highly competitive compensation structure designed to attract the region's top Tier-1 engineering talent, alongside excellent corporate benefits :

• Comprehensive Medical Insurance benefits.
• Employer Provident Fund (PF) contributions and Gratuity benefits.
• Company-sponsored U.S. onsite trips for high performers (based on business requirements).
• Potential international transfer support for top performers over the long term.
• Premium hardware, software allowances, and training provisions.
• In-office meals/food allowance provided at our beautiful Pune campus.

Interview Process :

• Part 1 : Online Technical Assessment A comprehensive 3-hour technical coding test focusing on backend proficiency and problem-solving skills. (Open-resource and chatbot usage is permitted).
• Part 2 : Management Interviews Three subsequent rounds with our leadership and engineering teams.
• Part 3 : Offer & Finalization.