SDE 3 (Python)

Job Description In 2024, Google selected LearnTube for itsAI First Accelerator, further fueling our growth. Alongside investment from funds of visionaries likeReid HoffmanandNaval Ravikant, we set out on a mission to reimagine how billions will learn and grow. Want to be the driving force behind our next wave of growth 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 Want to fast-track your application Skip the wait and get noticed faster by completing our AI-powered screening.Click this link to start your quick interview (https://bit.ly/Product_Mark). It only takes a few minutes and could be your shortcut to landing the job What You'll Do: At LearnTube, we're pushing the boundaries of Generative AI to revolutionise how the world learns. As a Backend Engineer, you will be building the backend for an AI system and working directly on AI. 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 Must-Haves: - 2+ yrs Python back-end experience (FastAPI) - Strong with Docker & container orchestration - Hands-on with GitLab CI/CD, AWS (EC2, S3, SQS) or GCP (GKE / Compute) in production - SQL/NoSQL (Postgres, MongoDB) + You've built systems from scratch & have solid system-design fundamentals Nice-to-Haves - k8s at scale, Terraform, - Experience with AI/ML inference services (LLMs, vector DBs) - Go / Rust for high-perf services - Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry About Us: - At LearnTube, we're on a mission to accelerate a billion careers. - We are growing fast; already helping 2.8 million global users learn & showcase their skills in an accessible, affordable, and engaging manner. - At LearnTube, we don't build courses, we build AI products that create, deliver & sell personalised courses & career solutions, that are unique to each person's goals & backgrounds. - We are backed by Google and the funds of Bill Gates, Naval, Reid Hoffman & Founders/CXOs of Udemy, Maven, Flipkart, Jupiter, Edmodo, PayU, Inflection AI, etc. Meet the Team: LearnTube was founded byShronit LadhaniandGargi Ruparelia, who bring deep expertise not only in product & education but also in building & scaling large businesses. Shronit, is an educator, TEDx speaker, state topper & early angel investor in some of India's top startups. While Gargi has previously built the B2B-to-B2C & offline-to-online transition that helped her last business go public We are a young, passion (and coffee) fueled team comprising of IIT-grads to college dropouts who are all re-defining how the World learns. 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: - Cutting-Edge Technology:You'll work on state-of-the-art generative AI applications, leveraging the latest advancements in LLMs, Agents, and real-time systems. - Autonomy and Ownership:Experience unparalleled flexibility and independence in a role where you'll own high-impact projects from ideation to deployment. - Exponential Growth:Accelerate your career by working on impactful projects that pack three years of learning and growth into one. - Founder and Advisor Access:Collaborate directly with founders and industry experts, including the CTO of Inflection AI, to build transformative solutions. - Team Culture:Join a close-knit team of high-performing humans, where every voice matters, and Monday morning meetings are something to look forward to. - Mission-Driven Impact:Be part of a company that's redefining education for millions of learners and making AI accessible to everyone.