Role: Founding Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js + AI-Native)Experience: 7+ years hands-on backendLocation: Bengaluru / Hyderabad / Remote IndiaAbout the Role:Founding Senior Backend Engineer to build the core backend platform from scratch for a seed-stage WealthTech product. You will own architecture, high-throughput APIs, distributed transaction workflows, and shipping end-to-end with clear service boundaries, idempotency, reliability, and ownership.Mandatory Requirements:Backend Engineering (7+ years):- 7+ years hands-on backend engineering building production systems that stay fast and correct under load.- Expert in TypeScript, Node.js, Go with Postgres, Redis, Kafka, AWS.- Built real-time indexing, event-driven services, high-throughput APIs, distributed transaction workflows.- Robust in microservices, event-driven architecture, scalable APIs,



observability.- Founding engineer experience on live products is a big plus.B2C Product at Scale + FinTech/Trading:- Must have built B2C products at scale (100K+ MAU / high transaction volume).- FinTech / Trading / WealthTech / DeFi / Options / Perpetuals / RWA tokenization / Prediction markets / Clearing House settlement / Risk engine / Liquidation flows / Real-time indexers is highly preferred.AI Product + AI-Native SDLC:- Must have shipped LLM agentic workflows to end users.- Hands-on with MCP tool calling, RAG pipelines, LangChain, LangGraph, multi-agent orchestration, vector DBs, embeddings, chunking, semantic search, structured outputs.- Evaluation: Golden dataset creation, automated regression testing, agent behavior evaluation, precision/recall, confidence scoring, observability.- AI-native SDLC: Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code, etc.Education:- Mandatory: B.Tech from IITs (not NITs).- Waived if: You have worked at Unicorn / $500M+ valuation B2C product companies OR Trading protocols moving real capital with Clearing/Risk/Liquidation at scale.Tech Stack:TypeScript, Node.js, Go, Python, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, AWS, GCP, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Docker, REST/GraphQL APIs, Microservices, Event-driven, MCP, RAG, LangChain, LangGraph, Multi-agent, Evaluation Frameworks. (ref:hirist.tech)

📌 Backend - WealthTech (Bengaluru)
🏢 Whitewhale software solutions pr
📍 Bengaluru