Sr Backend Engineer

About Enlite

Enlite is Indias leading cloud-native building automation company, transforming how buildings are managed, experienced, and made sustainable. Were building the future of intelligent infrastructure one that is wireless, software-first, AI-enabled, and built for scale.

We are a Series A funded company, backed by a strong set of marquee investors, including leading institutional funds and prominent family offices. After years of product-first, bootstrapped growth, we are now scaling rapidly across commercial real estate, campuses, data centers, and enterprise portfolios.

At Enlite, we combine cutting-edge hardware, scalable software, and deep customer insight to deliver end-to-end smart building solutionsfrom energy management and access control to centralized command centers and ESG compliance.

If you're excited about solving real-world problems at the intersection of AI, IoT, and sustainability, and want to work with a passionate, high-performance team, Enlite is the place for you.

The Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer, youll design and build high-performance backend systems that power Enlites intelligent automation platform. Youll combine rock-solid backend fundamentals with a forward-looking mindset, using AI tools and LLM-based frameworks to accelerate engineering workflows and build never-before-seen product capabilities.

This is a chance to not only solve complex distributed systems challenges but to define the future of AI-powered infrastructure engineering.

What Youll Do

• Architect and implement scalable microservices in Java (8+) and Spring Boot, optimized for cloud-native environments.
• Build backend services that orchestrate AI-powered infrastructure automation workflows.
• Leverage AI tools (code-generation assistants, AI test harnesses) to accelerate development, improve reliability, and innovate faster.
• Mentor a team of 34 engineers, instilling best practices in AI-augmented software development.
• Work on database optimization (MySQL/PostgreSQL), caching layers (Redis), and event-driven architectures (Kafka).
• Collaborate with product and software teams to push the boundaries of what backend + AI systems can achieve.
• Own deployment, scaling, and monitoring strategies across Linux-based cloud environments.
• Embed AI into the core : Integrate predictive and generative models that enable autonomous decision-making, adaptive automation, and continuous optimization.

What You Bring

• 68 years of backend engineering experience with a strong Core Java foundation.
• Expertise in data structures, algorithms, and system design patterns.
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and microservices architectures.
• Solid background in SQL databases and distributed systems.
• Experience managing small teams, fostering innovation, and shipping high-impact systems.

Bonus Points For

• Building or scaling automation systems.
• Experience with Kafka, Redis, or cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, containers).
• Exposure to AI/ML systems, vector databases, or LLM-driven orchestration.

Why Join Enlite?

• Be a pioneer: Shape the worlds first AI-powered cloud-native infrastructure automation platform.
• Impact at scale: Your work will influence how the infrastructureis built and managed
• Innovate fearlessly: Were a team that thrives on bold ideas and execution