Own and deliver scalable, secure backend services that directly power Zania’s user-facing product.
Build frontend and/ or backend infrastructure for complex, 100-step planning agents and create organizational-level systems for human-AI collaboration.
Work closely with US-based engineers and stakeholders, participating in design reviews, planning, and execution with regular overlap with PT timezone.
Contribute to the architecture, scalability, and reliability of our cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.
Engineer systems that meet the highest standards of security and reliability to protect some of the world’s most sensitive enterprise data.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
A strong track record of delivering complex, high-quality backend and/ or systems in production.
Experience building and launching robust products or platforms, ideally in a hyper-growth or 0-to-1 startup environment.
Hands-on experience with Python for backend services and AI/data pipelines.
Distributed systems & large-scale data processing (e.g., Spark or similar).
Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Experience with TypeScript and React.
Ability to take full ownership of projects, lead technical decisions, and operate with a strong bias for action.
Pragmatic, resourceful problem-solver who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Able to clearly explain complex technical ideas and collaborate effectively with global, cross-functional teams.
Willingness to work with regular overlap with US Pacific Time (PT) to enable tight collaboration with the US engineering team.
You’ve been trained in an exceptionally high-expectation environment—such as a top-tier Indian or global technology startup, or a leading academic institution (e.g., IITs or equivalent)—where engineering rigor, speed, and ownership are held to a global standard.

Benefits

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