Software Development Engineer 3, Samvaad

The role

You will design and develop server-side logic, APIs, and platform orchestration for the Samvaad voice and AI-driven dialogue platform. You will build and maintain scalable backend services and manage data for AI conversations.

What you will do

• Build and maintain backend services including scalable APIs and fault-tolerant systems.
• Design schemas, tune queries, manage unstructured data, and apply caching and indexing strategies.
• Deliver reliable releases with full observability.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and resolve scaling and latency bottlenecks.
• Enforce coding standards, mentor peers, and stay current with backend and Generative AI technologies.
• Build enterprise-grade software with strong security practices.
• Collaborate across teams to integrate models into production and define data contracts.
• Partner with DevOps for smooth deployments.

Required qualifications

• 5-8 years of backend development experience.
• Exposure to distributed systems and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Expertise in Python and Go.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong knowledge of SQL (Postgres/MySQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra/ScyllaDB).
• Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ) or streaming systems.
• Proficiency in algorithms, data structures, and asynchronous programming patterns.
• Experience building and scaling WebSocket/gRPC/WebRTC/REST APIs.
• Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and tracing tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry).
• Strong debugging skills with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Proven ability to own features end-to-end, review code, and drive process or architecture improvements.

Nice to have

• End-to-end ownership of the full stack, including frontend technologies such as React, TypeScript, and Next.js.
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio showcasing backend work.

About the company

Sarvam is building the bedrock of Sovereign AI for India by developing a full-stack sovereign AI platform. The company works with leading enterprises and public institutions and is backed by Lightspeed, Peak XV, and Khosla Ventures.