Python Developer

Backend Engineer - Python

Role Overview :

As a Backend Developer at LearnTube.ai, you will ship the backbone that powers 2.3 million learners in 64 countries—owning APIs that crunch 1 billion learning events & the AI that supports it with

What You'll Do :

At LearnTube, we’re pushing the boundaries of Generative AI to revolutionise how the world learns. As a Backend Engineer, your roles and responsibilities will include :

• Ship Micro-services – Build FastAPI services that handle ≈ 800 req / s today and will triple within a year (sub-200 ms p95).
• Power Real-Time Learning – Drive the quiz-scoring & AI-tutor engines that crunch millions of events daily.
• Design for Scale & Safety – Model data (Postgres, Mongo, Redis, SQS) and craft modular, secure back-end components from scratch.
• Deploy Globally – Roll out Dockerised services behind NGINX on AWS (EC2, S3, SQS) and GCP (GKE) via Kubernetes.
• Automate Releases – GitLab CI / CD + blue-green / canary = multiple safe prod deploys each week.
• Own Reliability – Instrument with Prometheus / Grafana, chase 99.9 % uptime, trim infra spend.
• Expose Gen-AI at Scale – Publish LLM inference & vector-search endpoints in partnership with the AI team.
• Ship Fast, Learn Fast – Work with founders, PMs, and designers in weekly ship rooms; take a feature from Figma to prod in

What makes you a great fit?

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About Us :

At LearnTube, we’re on a mission to make learning accessible, affordable, and engaging for millions of learners globally. Using Generative AI, we transform scattered internet content into dynamic, goal-driven courses with :

Meet the Founders :

LearnTube was founded by Shronit Ladhani and Gargi Ruparelia, who bring deep expertise in product development and ed-tech innovation.

Shronit, a TEDx speaker, is an advocate for disrupting traditional learning, while Gargi’s focus on scalable AI solutions drives our mission to build an AI-first company that empowers learners to achieve career outcomes. We’re proud to be recognised by Google as a Top 20 AI Startup and are part of their 2024 Startups Accelerator : AI First Program, giving us access to cutting-edge technology, credits, and mentorship from industry leaders.

Why Work With Us?

At LearnTube, we believe in creating a work environment that’s as transformative as the products we build. Here’s why this role is an incredible opportunity :