Lead Engineer — Back End heavy

Lead Engineer — Back End heavy

Own the engine behind Hercules: distributed microservices, event pipelines, and reliable APIs. Guide 2-3 back-end/dev-ops engineers while balancing Python agility with Go performance.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Microservice Architecture

    Build services in Go (high-throughput) and Python (FastAPI) (developer UX).

    Define gRPC/REST contracts, auth, rate-limiting, migrations.

  2. Event & Data Layer

    • Implement Kafka or RabbitMQ pipelines for job queues, ingestion, telemetry.

    • Optimise PostgreSQL schemas, indices, and manage Redis caching.

  3. DevOps & Reliability

    • Containerise with Docker; orchestrate via Kubernetes (Helm/Kustomize).

    • Automate CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and infra-as-code (Terraform).

    • Establish observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK; define SLOs & incident playbooks.

  4. Scalability & Security

    • Plan horizontal scaling, blue-green/rolling deploys, secrets management, TLS.

    • Perform cost, performance, and capacity reviews.

  5. AI/Agent Integration

    • Expose/consume endpoints for LLM evaluation, vector search (Pinecone/Weaviate), feedback loops.

  6. Mentorship & Collaboration

    • Lead design docs, PR reviews, post-mortems; foster a blameless culture.

    • Partner with front-end and AI teams to deliver user-visible value.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • 4–5 yrs building production microservices in Go and/or Python (FastAPI/Flask).

  • Hands-on Kafka/RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL design, Redis (or similar).

  • Kubernetes & Docker deployment experience; CI/CD ownership.

  • Proven delivery of at least one high-concurrency service.

  • B.E./B.Tech/M.S. in CS (or equivalent).

  • Total 4–5 yrs back-end-centric experience, with some project or people leadership.

Bonus Skills

  • LLM or vector-DB integration (Pinecone, Weaviate).

  • Exposure to compliance-heavy or multi-region workloads.

What we offer

  • Impact & Ownership — Power thousands of autonomous tests daily.

  • Competitive Comp & Equity — Market salary + stock options.

  • Growth — Kubernetes, cloud cost-ops, AI integrations, conference budgets.

  • Collaborative Culture & Benefits — Small squads, founder access, health cover, PTO, Bangalore workspace.

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