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Founding Backend Engineer (SDE 3) / Tech Lead Company : Seitori Role : Full-time | Founding Team Location : Hyderabad | Work from OfficeAbout SeitoriSeitori is an AI-first SaaS product company building a modern, scalable platform from the ground up. We are early-stage, ambitious, and deeply focused on engineering excellence clean architecture, strong fundamentals, and systems designed to scale with real customers.Our products leverage artificial intelligence to solve meaningful business problems, automate workflows, and deliver intelligent insights. We build with a long-term mindset: prioritizing reliability, performance, and maintainability alongside rapid iteration.This is a founding engineering environment offering substantial ownership. You will help shape not only the product, but also, the evolution of existing systems, technical culture, architecture standards, and engineering practices that Seitori will grow with.The Role We’re looking for an SDE 3 Backend Engineer who can operate as a founding Tech Lead. This role sits at the intersection of architecture, execution, and leadership. You’ll design core systems, lead backend development, guide frontend collaboration, and own production deployments. You’ll work closely with founders to make long-term technical decisions while staying hands-on in code.This is not a pure management role — you willbuild, ship, and leadby example.What You’ll Do Architect and build scalable, reliable backend systems for a SaaS product Own backend design: APIs, data models, integrations, and core services Take ownership of existing backend systems, improving reliability, performance, and maintainability Drive architecture decisions with a focus on maintainability, scalability, and cost Apply clean architecture principles and proven software design patterns Lead backend development from design → implementation → production Mentor and guide backend and frontend engineers Review code with a strong emphasis on quality, correctness, and performance Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to ensure smooth API design and delivery Own deployments, environments, and production readiness Establish engineering best practices, standards, and workflows Act as a technical leader within a fast-moving founding team What We’re Looking For Backend & Systems Expertise 4+ years of strong backend engineering experience Deep understanding of backend system design and API architecture Experience building and running production-grade systems Strong knowledge of: RESTful APIs Authentication & authorization Background jobs / async processing Data modelling and migrations Performance tuning and reliability Architecture & Engineering Maturity Proven experience making architecture decisions for real-world applications Strong grasp of: Software design patterns Clean and modular architecture Trade-offs between speed, scale, and complexity Ability to reason about systems holistically, not just individual features Cloud, Deployment & DevOps Hands-on experience deploying applications to cloud platforms (AWS preferred) Experience with: Container-based deployments and environments Compute services Managed databases CI/CD pipelines Understanding of production concerns: Monitoring, logging, alerting Scalability and fault tolerance Deployment strategies and rollbacks Networking & Infrastructure Fundamentals Solid understanding of essential networking concepts: HTTP / HTTPS DNS Load balancers & reverse proxies Basic TCP/IP concepts Comfortable diagnosing performance and connectivity issues in production Frontend Collaboration Good working knowledge of frontend fundamentals Able to guide and support frontend engineers Comfortable reviewing frontend code and shaping API contracts Understands frontend needs when designing backend systems Leadership & Ownership Experience leading or mentoring engineers Strong sense of ownership and accountability Excellent communication and decision-making skills Highly motivated and comfortable operating in early-stage ambiguity Thinks like a builder and owner, not just an executor Tech Stack (Current & Planned) Backend: Python Django / Django REST Framework —good to have, not mandatory Frontend: React, Next.js Cloud: AWS Databases: PostgreSQL Strong backend engineers from other stacks are welcome we value fundamentals and system design over specific languages. The right candidate should be able to pick up our stack quickly. Nice to Have Experience building SaaS or multi-tenant systems Exposure to distributed systems or event-driven architectures Experience in early-stage startups or founding teams Why Join Seitori? Founding engineer role with real technical ownership Lead architecture and engineering direction from day one Work on both existing systems and new platform development Opportunity to improve, modernize, and scale real production software Work closely with founders on product and technical strategy Competitive compensation with long-term growth potential High-impact role in a fast-growing SaaS company Who This Role Is For This role is ideal for an SDE 3 who wants: To lead, not just execute To design systems, not just write features To build something meaningful from the ground up and make existing systems better If that sounds like you, please reach out to hr@