Job DescriptionThe core responsibilities for the job include the following: Backend Engineering and Architecture: - Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant backend services and APIs that power AI-enabled products. - Be the architect for your module; own the design, scalability, and reliability of backend systems end to end. - Write reusable, testable, and effective code; enforce engineering best practices across the team. - Integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with robust server-side logic and AI-powered workflows. - Implement security, data protection, and compliance standards across all backend services. - Integrate multiple data sources, databases, and third-party systems into unified, scalable backend architectures. AI-Native Development: - Build, maintain, and optimise AI-native backend applications leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, orchestration frameworks, and modern AI platforms. - Design and implement robust data pipelines, vector databases, embedding strategies,



knowledge retrieval systems, and model evaluation frameworks. - Develop scalable backend workflows and integrations that automate business processes and deliver measurable AI-driven value. - Implement observability, monitoring, prompt management, testing pipelines, and guardrails to ensure AI system quality, reliability, and compliance. - Optimise AI application performance, latency, scalability, and cost efficiency across cloud environments. - Evaluate, experiment with, and integrate new AI models, tools, and frameworks to continuously enhance product capabilities. Requirements: - 7+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with a strong focus on microservices design and implementation. - Hands-on experience building AI/ML or generative AI applications using technologies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Azure AI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar frameworks

📌 Senior AI Native Backend Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Sequoia
📍 Bengaluru