we’re hiring a backend engineer for an early-stage ai startup in bengaluru.

the team is building the infrastructure behind a highly personalised ai product with long-term memory, real-time audio processing, speaker identification, transcription, retrieval, and context-aware responses. the backend systems will operate at responsible scale, with millions of requests per second and terabytes of data.

this is a high-ownership role for someone who enjoys solving difficult technical problems, owning systems end to end, and working closely with a small, fast-moving team.

location: bengaluru, india work style: full-time, in-office, 5 days a week experience: 2–5 years compensation: competitive salary + meaningful equity apply here: rightfit.so ?

what you’ll work on:

- design and build high-performance backend services and apis
- work with microservices, message queues, distributed systems, and production infrastructure
- optimise database queries, caching, reliability, and system performance
- own features from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and iteration
- build systems that handle large-scale data and high request volumes
- write clean, testable, production-ready code
- lead and support a team of young engineers
- use ai coding tools effectively and help improve engineering workflows





what we’re looking for:

- 2–5 years of backend engineering experience
- strong proficiency in python, node.js, go, or java
- experience with postgresql or mysql and systems such as redis, mongodb, or dynamodb
- hands-on experience with aws, gcp, or azure
- familiarity with docker, kubernetes, git, and shell scripting
- strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- curiosity about systems, infrastructure, and how things work under the hood
- ability to take ownership and work through ambiguous problems
- experience using ai tools for software development

bonus points for:

- experience with ai/ml infrastructure or llm-based systems
- open-source contributions
- strong personal projects or proof of work on github
- experience building and operating systems at scale

what you’ll get:

- competitive compensation + meaningful equity
- a small team with high ownership and high velocity
- the opportunity to work on hard technical problems that don’t have obvious solutions
- the chance to work closely with founders and senior engineers
- potential opportunities to travel and work with the sf ecosystem

if this sounds relevant, create your profile and apply directly on rightfit.so ?️

📌 Backend Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 RightFit
📍 Bengaluru