Software Development Engineer

Volga Partners; India; On-site; INR 1,900,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Occasional office visits (1–2x/year)

Job summary

Volga Partners is hiring a Software Development Engineer to build and maintain production-grade Python backend systems for AI-powered applications. You will integrate LLM APIs, design scalable REST APIs, and ensure reliability across data pipelines and orchestration layers.

The role requires strong problem-solving, system design, and collaboration in a fast-evolving AI environment. Remote-first with occasional office visits, working with global teams and modern tech stacks.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in backend or systems engineering.
• Strong experience in Python development for production systems.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs or AI-driven services into real applications.
• Proven ability to work within large codebases and collaborative environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and internal tools in Python for AI-powered applications.
• Integrate LLM APIs into production workflows, including prompt handling, response processing, validation, and retries.
• Design and implement scalable REST APIs, async workflows, and background job systems.
• Maintain and enhance components of a multi-language codebase (C#/C++, Python, web technologies) where applicable.
• Work with structured and unstructured data to prepare inputs, transform outputs, and support downstream systems.
• Develop systems for prompt management, model routing, response validation, and failure handling.
• Debug complex issues across backend logic, API integrations, and distributed services.
• Monitor system performance using telemetry tools and proactively identify bottlenecks.

Skills

Python backend development

AI/LLM applications

REST API design

Async workflows

System design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

Docker

Terraform

SQL Server

Elastic Stack

Postman

Swagger

Job description

Company: Volga Partners Location: Fully Remote (Occasional office visits 1?2 times per year) Compensation: ?19??24 LPA (based on experience) Job Type: Full-time, Project-Based Project Duration: Until the end of September 2026 Start Date: Urgently hiring ? must be available to start within 1?2 weeks Work Hours: 8:00 AM ? 5:00 PM IST or 9:00 AM ? 6:00 PM IST (Collaboration with USA Pacific Time teams)

About the Role? Volga Partners is looking for a skilled Software Development Engineer with strong?expertise?in Python backend systems and AI/LLM applications. In this role, you will build and?maintain?production-grade AI-powered systems, integrating large language models into real-world workflows. You will work across backend services, orchestration layers, and data pipelines?ensuring that AI features are reliable, scalable, and performant. This is a hands on engineering role requiring strong problem-solving, system design, and the ability to?operate?in fast-evolving AI environments.

Key Responsibilities?

• Build and?maintain?backend services and internal tools in Python for AI-powered applications.??
• Integrate LLM APIs into production workflows, including prompt handling, response processing, validation, and retries.??
• Design and implement scalable REST APIs, async workflows, and background job systems.??
• Maintain and enhance components of a multi-language codebase (C#/C++, Python, web technologies) where applicable.??
• Work with structured and unstructured data to prepare inputs, transform outputs, and support downstream systems.??
• Develop systems for prompt management, model routing, response validation, and failure handling.??
• Debug complex issues across backend logic, API integrations, and distributed services.??
• Monitor system performance using telemetry tools and proactively?identify?and resolve bottlenecks.??
• Automate recurring workflows related to data processing, evaluation, and reporting.??
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn ambiguous product ideas into production-ready features.??
• Contribute to architecture decisions around scalability, performance, and safe use of AI systems.??
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code while helping?establish?engineering best practices for AI systems.??

What You Bring?

Education?

Education?

• Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science?or a related field.??

Experience?

• 3+ years of professional experience in backend or systems engineering.??
• Strong experience in Python development for production systems.??
• Experience integrating LLM APIs or AI-driven services into real applications.??
• Proven ability to work within large codebases and collaborative environments.??

Technical Skillset?

Core Skills?

Core Skills?

• Python (strong), backend system design, API development??
• Async workflows, job queues, and service orchestration??
• Debugging across APIs, services, and data pipelines??

Languages?

• Python, C#, C/C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL??

Frameworks & Libraries?

• .NET Web API, ASP.NET (MVC &?WebForms), Entity Framework??
• React, Bootstrap, Ajax??
• Testing frameworks (xUnit?or similar)??

AI / LLM Systems?

Prompt design, response parsing, and guardrails??

Model integration patterns and failure handling??

Understanding of LLM limitations and production constraints??

Tools & Platforms

• Azure DevOps, Git, Docker, Terraform??
• SQL Server or similar databases??
• Elastic Stack, Postman, Swagger??
• AWS or Azure cloud environments??

Architecture?

• Microservices, distributed systems, modular architectures??

Operating Systems?

• Windows, Linux??

Build Tools?

• Make, Ninja (preferred)??

Nice to Have?

• Experience with RAG, embeddings, vector databases, or retrieval systems??
• Familiarity with agent workflows or multi-step orchestration??
• Experience with model monitoring, prompt versioning, or evaluation systems??
• Understanding of AI safety, privacy, and secure data handling??
• Exposure to cloud-native deployments and scalable infrastructure??

Why Join Us?

• ?Remote-first culture with minimal in-person requirements??
• ?Work with global teams on?cutting-edge?AI systems??
• ?Opportunity to build real-world LLM applications at scale??
• ?High ownership, fast-moving environment with?strong growth?potential?