About Pocket Entertainment At Pocket Entertainment, we're rebuilding entertainment from the ground up with AI at the core. While most companies use AI to optimize existing workflows, we're reimagining how stories are created, localized, distributed, and monetized. Our ambition is to build the world's largest AI-native entertainment platform—one that empowers creators to build global franchises across multiple formats. Today, Pocket FM reaches over 130 million users worldwide , with strong traction across the US and Europe. Our platform hosts 100,000 hours of storytelling , generates an ARR of ₹2,000 Cr , and continues to pioneer AI-powered content creation and distribution at scale. If you're excited about solving complex engineering problems that shape the future of AI and entertainment, this is where you'll do the most meaningful work of your career. The Opportunity We're looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to build the backend infrastructure powering AI across Pocket Entertainment. You'll own the systems behind large-scale LLM applications, retrieval pipelines,



model serving infrastructure, vector search, and production AI workflows used by millions of users globally. This isn't a traditional backend role. You'll work at the intersection of distributed systems and up-to-date AI, partnering closely with AI researchers, ML engineers, and product teams to build infrastructure that enables the next generation of AI-powered storytelling. Beyond building systems, you'll influence architecture, raise engineering standards, mentor engineers, and help define how our AI platform evolves. What You'll Own Design and build highly scalable backend services using Python or Go Architect distributed systems powering LLM applications, inference pipelines, RAG workflows, and retrieval infrastructure Build production-grade APIs, microservices, and backend platforms supporting AI products across Pocket Develop retrieval systems, semantic search, vector database integrations, and embeddin

📌 Lead Backend Engineer (Karnataka)
🏢 Pocket FM
📍 Karnataka