Senior Backend Engineer – Python

3 weeks ago

Kolkata, West Bengal, India Cuepilot AI Full time

Location: Kolkata, India (In-office)

Type: Full-time

Experience: 5+ years

About CuePilot

CuePilot is building a next-generation platform to power preschools of the future combining powerful tools for curriculum planning, classroom journaling, communication, and AI-driven insights — all designed to elevate the preschool experience for educators, parents, and school leaders. Built for web, iOS, and Android, CuePilot blends world-class engineering with deep domain expertise in early childhood education. We're already trusted by forward-thinking preschools across India and globally, and are just getting started.

If you're excited by high-impact problems, clean product thinking, and the chance to build something foundational in EdTech, CuePilot is the place to be.

About the Role

We're looking for a seasoned Python backend engineer to join our core engineering team at Agastya – a next-gen EdTech SaaS for preschools. You'll work closely with the founders and product teams to build scalable, fast, and secure backend services – and power the AI-enabled features that are core to our platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and maintain microservices using Flask and FastAPI
  • Design performant, secure, and well-documented APIs
  • Optimize systems for scalability and low latency
  • Work with GCP services (Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, Firestore, IAM, etc.
  • Maintain existing CI/CD pipelines and observability tools (Sentry, logging, etc.)
  • Collaborate with mobile/web engineers for full-stack delivery
  • Support deployment and scaling of AI/ML features and services

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend development experience in Python
  • Familiar with AI tools and IDEs like Cursor, Claude Code, etc.
  • Deep expertise in Flask and FastAPI frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Strong understanding of performance optimization and async programming
  • Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB or Firestore
  • Comfortable with Docker and GitHub Actions
  • Startup mindset: proactive, execution-oriented, and quality-driven

Bonus / Preferred

  • Familiarity with foundation model APIs and tools like OpenAI, CoreWeave, Pinecone, LangChain, etc.
  • Exposure to building or integrating AI-driven features in production apps

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