Experience: 7.00 + years

Confidential (based on experience)

Shift : (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type : Remote

Placement Type : Full time Permanent Position

(*Python, Go, Java, AWS, GCP, AI Agents

Phyllo is a data gateway that gives businesses access to creator and social data from source platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, Upwork and Shopify. The company builds the infrastructure that connects to creator platforms, maintains live data feeds, and delivers a normalized dataset. Phyllo is now building AI-native products, including Phyllo V2 and Clayface.

We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer (SDE 3) to work as a hands-on backend engineer (60–80% individual contributor) who also mentors engineers and leads a pod (10–20%). You will build AI-native products on Phyllo V2 and Clayface and own the reliability and scalability of the core data-connector platform. This is a remote role with a quarterly visit to the Bengaluru office.

Design, build and operate resilient distributed backend services and APIs.

Handle third-party platform constraints such as rate limits, schema changes, partial failures and data freshness.

Build and scale customer-facing AI agents and AI-based products for Phyllo V2 and Clayface.

Use AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex or equivalent) in day-to-day development and verify their output.

7–10 years of experience, with production backend engineering in Python, Go or Java.



Side projects and coursework do not count.

- Has designed, built and operated distributed backend services and APIs in production, including systems that integrate with third-party platforms.
- Has built and shipped at least one AI agent that external customers actively use, and has iterated on it based on live feedback. Production experience on AWS or GCP, and confidence working on GCP.
- B.Tech, B.E. or B.S. in Computer Science or another Engineering discipline.
- Python as the primary production language.

GCP as the primary current cloud platform.

Prior mentoring or technical leadership experience.

Day-to-day use of AI coding tools for multi-step changes.

Experience with social-data platforms, creator-economy APIs, fintech data connectors or API-aggregation systems.

Frontend experience with React and JavaScript or TypeScript.

Remote, with a quarterly visit to the office

Some meetings may run in the evening (around 8–10 PM IST) to overlap with US team members.

Step 3: Increase your chances to get shortlisted & meet the client for the Interview!

Our role will be to help all our talents find and apply for relevant contractual onsite opportunities and progress in their career. So, if you are ready for a new challenge, a great work environment, and an prospect to take your career to the next level, don't hesitate to apply today.

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