Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer - CodeRound AI Client

This role is for one of our client companies — a VC-backed startup that has raised $3M USD in funding.

Salary: ₹30–50 LPA

Apply once and, if selected, get access to up to 20 remote and onsite interview opportunities.

🚀 What We’re Building

CodeRound AI matches the top 5% of tech talent with fast-growing, VC-funded startups across Silicon Valley and India. Top-tier product startups across the US, UK, EU, UAE, and India have hired engineers through CodeRound.

💻 Backend Engineer (2-5 Years Experience)

As a Backend Engineer, you’ll design and scale the core infrastructure powering AI-driven content generation workflows used by 30,000+ teams. You’ll work on high-performance APIs, distributed systems, and data pipelines that process video, transcription, and AI inference workloads at scale. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy building robust backend systems, solving scalability challenges, and working in high-growth startup environments.

🧩 What You’ll Do

⚙️ Backend System Development

• Design and develop scalable APIs and microservices using Go and Python
• Build reliable backend systems powering content generation pipelines
• Own features end-to-end from design to deployment

📊 Data & Compute Architecture

• Architect and optimize data pipelines for video processing and transcription
• Build scalable compute workflows for AI inference
• Ensure systems handle high throughput with low latency

📦 Platform Integrations

• Develop and maintain integrations with Confluence, Notion, and Google Docs
• Design clean APIs for seamless third-party connectivity

📈 Reliability & Performance

• Ensure high performance, reliability, and scalability of systems serving 30,000+ teams
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for production-grade reliability
• Debug production issues and continuously improve system robustness

☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deploy and manage services on AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Work with containerized deployments and distributed systems
• Contribute to architectural decisions for scaling backend infrastructure

✅ You’re a Great Fit If You

• Have 2+ years of experience building and operating production backend systems
• Are highly proficient in Go or Python
• Have hands-on experience with MongoDB and strong database design principles
• Have experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Understand distributed systems fundamentals
• Have prior startup experience (preferred)
• Have exposure to AI-driven automation workflows (a plus)

✨ Why Join Us?

• Build backend systems powering AI at scale
• Solve complex distributed systems challenges
• High ownership in a fast-growing, VC-backed startup
• Work closely with strong engineering and product leadership
• Opportunity to scale infrastructure serving tens of thousands of teams

Key skills/competency

• Backend Development
• Go
• Python
• APIs
• Microservices
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Databases (MongoDB)
• Scalability
• AI Workflows