Founding Engineer
$108,000–$541,000 year
On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Founding Engineer to help build core product — AI-powered content and creator storefronts, and the commerce infrastructure that connects content to purchase. You will be in the middle of design, development, and deployment cycles, and will be fully hands-on. Build consumer-facing and WhatsApp commerce surfaces, AI-powered product catalog and matching pipelines, creator storefronts with product listings, cart logic, affiliate integration, and integration with OTT platforms and brand catalogs. Contribute to internal tooling, data pipelines, tests, and adapt the product as use cases evolve. Requires hands-on shipping of AI/LLM pipelines, strong backend in Python/Node.js, PostgreSQL/Redis or vector DB, and familiarity with React Native for mobile-facing surfaces, data ingestion and structuring of unstructured content, and experience with modern data workflows.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years engineering experience
- 6-8 years of hands-on engineering experience shipping products
- Bengaluru-based
- Experience in e-commerce, quick commerce, consumer tech, gaming, fintech, or AI-native products
- Strong backend fundamentals (Python or Node.js)
- PostgreSQL, Redis, or vector DB
- React Native preferred
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