Delhivery - Senior Developer/Lead - Python/Golang

About the Role : Were looking for an experienced Sr Developer/Technical Lead (3+ years experience) who can lead the design, development, and scaling of backend systems powering large-scale logistics. In this role, youll architect high-throughput systems, guide a team of engineers, and integrate AI tools and agentic frameworks (Model Context Protocol (MCP), Multi Agent Systems (MAS), etc.) into your development and decision-making workflows.Youll drive engineering excellence, contribute to architectural decisions, and nurture a culture of ownership, innovation, and AI-native development. This is a hands-on leadership position where youll build systems, lead design reviews, and mentor a high-performing team while pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted engineering.What Youll Do : Technical Leadership & Ownership : - Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of scalable RESTful and gRPC APIs.- Guide system design and backend workflows for microservices handling millions of transactions daily.- Drive engineering best practices in code quality, testing, observability, and deployment.Team Leadership : - Mentor and coach a team of backend and frontend developers, helping them grow technically and professionally.- Conduct regular design/code reviews and set high standards for system performance, reliability, and scalability.- Drive sprint planning, task breakdowns, and technical execution with a bias for action and quality.AI-Native Development : - Leverage modern AI tools (e.g., Cursor AI, Copilot, Codex, Gemini, Windsurf) for : - Prompt-based code generation, refactoring, and documentation.- Intelligent debugging and observability enhancements.- Test case generation and validation.- Experiment with and implement agentic frameworks (MCP, MAS etc) in building tools, automating workflows, optimization tasks, or intelligent system behavior.- Contribute and maintain to internal AI prompt libraries and lead adoption of AI-assisted development practices.Systems & Infrastructure : - Own the end-to-end lifecycle of backend services from design to rollout and production monitoring.- Work with data models across PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or MongoDB.- Optimize services using metrics, logs, traces, and performance profiling tools.Cross-functional Collaboration : - Partner closely with Product, Design, QA, DevOps, and other Engineering teams to deliver cohesive product experiences.- Influence product roadmaps and business decisions through a technical lens.What Were Looking For : - 3+ years of backend development experience with at least 1+ years as a team/tech lead.- Deep expertise in Python, Go and comfort across multiple backend frameworks.- Solid understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, and SQL.- Proven experience in building, scaling, and maintaining microservices.- Strong hands-on experience with REST/gRPC APIs, containerized deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.- Strong database fundamentals indexing, query optimization, replication, consistency models, and schema design- Exposure to system scalability concepts horizontal/vertical scaling, sharding, partitioning, rate-limiting, load balancing, and caching strategies..- Effective use of AI developer tools (Cursor AI, Codex, Copilot, Gemini, Windsurf) in real-world engineering workflows.- Exposure to agentic frameworks and AI concepts such as : - MCP, Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI), or NLP pipelines.- Cloud proficiency (any cloud, AWS preferred), including deployment, cost optimization, and infrastructure scaling.- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.- A strong sense of ownership, problem-solving ability, and collaborative mindset. (ref:hirist.tech)