Software Engineer – Backend, AI

Jobtailor; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior software engineer to lead the ideation, design and implementation of core features across its SaaS platform. You will own end-to-end development from requirements to production, mentor engineers, and drive architectural decisions to ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability.

The role requires deep OO programming knowledge, expertise in Java/NodeJS/Go, and experience with microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, AI/ML-driven systems, and secure coding

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building highly scalable SaaS applications/platforms.
• Deep knowledge of object oriented programming; proficient in at least one OO language (preferably Java).
• High proficiency in modern programming languages and frameworks (NodeJS/Express, etc.).
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and OO design.
• Experience with micro-services architectures, event-driven systems, and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Understanding of AI/ML-driven systems including Gen AI, LLM architectures, or NLU pipelines.
• Async processing, messaging frameworks, and distributed caching technologies.
• Experience with API lifecycle management and client SDKs.
• Building scalable, secure enterprise-grade systems in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive ideation, design and implementation of core features in the platform and services.
• Build components end to end from requirements to production software.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across teams.
• Ensure health of platform services with metrics for scalability, fault tolerance and availability.
• Lead architectural decisions and set standards across tools and teams.
• Perform code and design reviews for features across scrum teams.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to refine cross-team requirements.
• Develop and extend automation and testing frameworks.
• Handle on-call rotations and resolve complex production issues.
• Deliver long-term design strategies and technical presentations.

Skills

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

OO programming

NodeJS

Express

Microservices

REST/gRPC APIs

AI/ML systems

Distributed caching

API development

Agile

Secure coding

Job description

Responsibilities

• Take a leading and hands‑on role in driving the ideation, design and implementation of core features and modules in the platform and its services.
• Build components and features end to end, from product requirements to production‑ready software.
• Work with product managers and other stakeholders in refining and preparing requirements.
• Work closely with developers, QA, PM and UX to ensure their features are delivered to meet business and quality requirements.
• Be accountable for maintaining the health of our platform services via objective measures defined (scalability, fault tolerance, high availability, extensibility, maintainability, etc.).
• Determines overall architectural principles, frameworks, and standards.
• Be able to mentor and guide other engineers on best practices and technical complexities.
• Build efficient components/algorithms on a micro‑service multi‑tenant SaaS cloud environment.
• Provide oversight through code and design reviews for features delivered by other developers within their scrum teams.
• Partner closely with Product and Design to evaluate and scrutinise requirements that have cross‑team/cross‑cloud impact.
• Actively influence choices of tools, technology and testing requirements.
• Influence quality strategy, product, and process across teams and organisational verticals.
• Be a subject matter expert for multiple products/areas, while writing code and working closely with other developers, QA, PM, and UX.
• Verify quality of the code delivered through manual and automated testing.
• Extend the automation framework where necessary.
• Participate in the team’s on‑call rotation to address complex, real‑time issues, keeping critical services operational and highly available.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and interface with support and customers as needed.
• Participate in periodic on‑call rotations and be available for critical issues.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering growth, collaboration, and knowledge‑sharing within the team.
• Drive long‑term design strategies that span multiple sophisticated projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in building highly scalable Software-as-a-Service applications/plataforms
• Deep knowledge of object oriented programming and experience with at least one object oriented programming language preferably Java
• High proficiency in at least one high‑level programming language and web framework (NodeJS, Express, etc.)
• Strong proficiency in modern programming languages such as Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go, with solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and object‑oriented design.
• Deep experience designing and building backend services using micro‑services architectures, event‑driven systems, and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Understanding of AI/ML‑driven systems, including Gen AI, LLM‑based architectures, NLU pipelines, or reasoning engines.
• Strong knowledge of asynchronous processing, messaging frameworks, and distributed caching technologies.
• Solid experience in API development, API lifecycle management and/or client SDKs development.
• Experience with distributed systems and paradigms to build highly scalable SaaS applications.
• Validated understanding of Database technologies such as SQL, PL/SQL and relational database schema design.
• Expertise in writing scalable, clean, maintainable code, with strong debugging and performance optimisation skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments, driving technical design, architecture discussions, and mentoring junior engineers.
• Strong understanding of secure coding practices and building enterprise‑grade, compliant systems.
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills, with a track record of delivering complex projects end to end.
• Demonstrated track record of cultivating strong working relationships and driving collaboration across multiple technical and business teams to resolve critical issues.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in building highly scalable Software-as-a-Service applications with a strong focus on micro‑services architectures, API development, and secure coding practices. Proven ability to mentor junior engineers and drive collaboration across cross‑functional teams to deliver complex projects effectively.