Lead Backend Engineer

About Deccan AI

At Deccan AI, we’re reimagining the future of work by building a freelancer platform powered by AI. From onboarding and assessment to deployment and payments, we aim to deliver a seamless, trusted, and scalable freelancer experience. If you’re passionate about distributed systems, AI-native workflows, and user-first design, this is your chance to shape a platform that empowers global talent.

The Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Lead / Manager to own the end-to-end freelancer journey. You’ll architect backend-heavy services, integrate AI-driven workflows, and mentor engineers — while bringing UI / UX understanding to product and stakeholder conversations. From onboarding → assessments → notifications → project deployment → payments, you’ll shape how freelancers experience our platform.

Responsibilities

• Freelancer Journey : Own services for onboarding, assessments, notifications, courses, playgrounds, deployments, and payments.
• AI / ML Features : Build semantic search for talent discovery.
• Develop AI-driven interviews and assessments.
• Integrate fraud detection (ML pipelines, browser extensions).
• Deploy AI agents and workflow automation.
• Backend & Scale : Architect backend services in Java / Golang / Python with caching, queues, and APIs.
• Databases : Design and optimize Postgres / MySQL (relational) and MongoDB / DynamoDB (NoSQL); use VectorDBs for semantic search.
• Cloud & Infra : Deploy on AWS / GCP with Kubernetes, infra-as-code, CI / CD.
• Monitoring & Reliability : Build observability into all systems (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry).
• Leadership : Mentor engineers, run 1 : 1s, drive planning / execution, and uphold engineering quality.
• Product Alignment : Apply UI / UX understanding to align product decisions with stakeholder and freelancer needs.

Requirements

Why Deccan.ai?

At Deccan AI, you’ll architect freelancer-first systems, integrate cutting-edge AI workflows, and lead a team building a platform that transforms how talent connects with opportunity.