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Backend Engineer — Power AI Learning at Scale 🧠⚙️
We’re an AI-first edtech startup helping students crack UPSC, NEET, and JEE with personalized, high-impact learning tools.
As a Backend Engineer, you'll be the architect of our learning engine—building scalable APIs, AI pipelines, and real-time features that deliver adaptive content and instant feedback to thousands of learners across India.
🛠 What You’ll Do
- Design and develop robust backend systems using Python (FastAPI)
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs for frontend and mobile clients
- Integrate AI/ML models into production-ready services
- Model complex educational data with relational databases (PostgreSQL)
- Ensure performance, reliability, and security across all backend services
- Collaborate with the frontend and product teams to ship new features fast
✅ What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of experience in backend development with Python
- Hands-on experience with FastAPI or similar frameworks
- Solid understanding of PostgreSQL or any relational database
- Proficiency with Docker and container-based deployments
- Good grasp of clean architecture, modular code, and testing practices
- Familiarity with REST, WebSockets, authentication, and caching
💡 Bonus Points
- Experience with async Python (asyncio, uvicorn)
- Knowledge of deploying ML models (e.g. with PyTorch, Hugging Face)
- Experience with queues (Celery, Redis) and background workers
- Exposure to educational platforms or adaptive learning systems
🧠 Our Stack
- Backend: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis
- Frontend: Svelte, TypeScript, TailwindCSS
- Infra: Docker, Vercel, GitHub Actions, Railway
- AI/ML: OpenAI APIs, Hugging Face, LangChain
🌏 Perks & Benefits
- Remote-friendly (India timezone preferred)
- Flexible hours and work-life balance
- Early-stage equity
- Real impact: Help shape how millions of students learn with AI
Let’s build something that matters.
Send us your resume, GitHub/portfolio, and a short note about your excitement for backend engineering in edtech.
Together, we’ll redefine what learning looks like.
| Job Title | Backend Engineer |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Location | Remote (India preferred) |
| Team | Engineering |
| Technology | Python FastAPI PostgreSQL Docker |
| Type | Full-time |
| Status | Closed |
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