Principal Software Engineer — Backend & Infrastructure
Level AIContact Center company
Noida, IndiaLead
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Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead backend and ML infrastructure development, scaling systems and mentoring engineers.
- •Level AI is a Series C conversational intelligence company seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own the transition and scaling of their backend and ML infrastructure.
- •This role involves setting technical direction, making architectural decisions, and raising the engineering bar.
- •Key Responsibilities Own the architecture for real-time data processing at scale.
- •Build and scale the ML platform for faster model shipping.
- •Scale GPU infrastructure and inference for latency and cost optimization.
- •Drive system reliability and observability for enterprise-grade serving systems.
- •Mentor senior engineers and shape engineering practices.
- •Requirements 10+ years building backend and infrastructure systems with ownership of architecture and design at scale.
- •Deep experience with large-scale databases, high-throughput messaging systems, and real-time job queues.
- •Proven ability to navigate complex codebases and reason about architectural tradeoffs.
- •Experience mentoring senior engineers and driving technical decisions through influence.
- •Strong written communication skills.
Required skills
PythonDjangoCeleryRedisPostgreSQLGoogle CloudMicroservicesKubernetesDockerCI/CDMentoringREST APIgRPC
Nice-to-have skills
TensorFlowPyTorchLLMs
Domain expertise
aideveloper-tools
Benefits & perks
Health coverage for you, your spouse, children, and parents, Home-office and connectivity allowance / annual learning budget / parental leave, Real ownership over systems used by enterprises worldwide, with the autonomy to decide how they're built
Tech stack
PythonDjangoCeleryRedisPostgreSQLGoogle CloudgRPCREST APIMicroservicesKubernetesDockerCI/CDTensorFlowPyTorchLLMs