Senior Software Engineer

Experience
: years

Salary
: INR / year (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period
: 30 Days

Shift
: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type
: Office (Bengaluru)

Placement Type
: Full Time Permanent position(Payroll and Compliance to be managed by: Arrowhead)

**(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Arrowhead)

**What do you need for this opportunity?

Must have skills required:
Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Distributed Systems, EKS, Kubernetes, Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Arrowhead is Looking for:*
We're looking for a
*Senior Software Engineer
who can architect and build robust infrastructure systems that power our voice AI platform. You'll be the backbone of our technology, ensuring our systems can handle massive scale while maintaining high performance and reliability.

Your work will involve:

• Own end-to-end product development – from requirement gathering and architecture design to implementation and launch, you'll shepherd features through their complete lifecycle.
• Build for massive scale – develop systems that can handle hundreds of thousands of calls per day with high reliability and performance.
• Innovate through research – stay current with cutting-edge technologies, read research papers, and implement state-of-the-art solutions that give us a competitive edge.
• Architect distributed systems – design robust, scalable infrastructure that can handle our growing customer base and evolving product requirements.
• Optimize for performance – identify and resolve bottlenecks to ensure our voice AI delivers natural, real-time conversations without latency issues.

Why This Role Rocks

• You'll have a front-row seat to building and scaling cutting-edge voice AI infrastructure.
• You'll get to work on system architecture, performance optimization, and scalability solutions.
• You will be implementing infrastructure that powers conversations with some of India's biggest enterprises (Our voice AI technology is vetted by technical leaders at companies like Paytm).
• You'll have direct impact on product reliability, performance, and the company's technical trajectory.
• You'll build mission-critical systems that enable hundreds of thousands of AI conversations daily.

Qualifications

• What We're Looking For5+ years in backend/platform/infrastructure engineering with distributed systems experience
• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) including operators, custom resources, and cluster management
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS preferred, GCP) with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Expertise in monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Solid programming skills in Python (FastAPI, asyncio), Go, or similar systems languages
• Systems & PerformanceExperience building high-throughput, low-latency systems (preferably real-time applications)
• Strong grasp of systems design, caching strategies (Redis), and message queues (Kinesis, SQS)
• Database expertise (PostgreSQL, Redis)
• Understanding of networking, service mesh, and security best practices
• Bonus: MLOps & AI InfrastructureExperience with ML model deployment, versioning, and monitoring in production
• Background in GPU orchestration for AI workloads (NVIDIA GPUs, CUDA optimization)
• Knowledge of real-time audio processing, WebRTC, or voice/video streaming systems
• Experience with ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and inference optimization
• Previous work on multi-tenant or single-tenant SaaS platforms
• Startup Mindset.
• You've built, broken, and fixed systems in production at scale
• Comfortable with fast-paced environment where you'll own critical infrastructure decisions
• Collaborative approach - you work well with AI teams, product, and founders
• Growth-minded and excited about scaling infrastructure for rapid business growth

Sounds like you?

• User-obsessed: Users come first, above all else.
• Communication: You over-communicate. You communicate clearly and precisely, both verbally and in writing, including explaining technical concepts.
• Timeliness: You respect timelines and communicate beforehand if there is a blocker
• Ownership: You proactively take initiative to find solutions and focus on what must be done to create success.
• Grit: You pursue challenging goals with passion and courage.
• Intellectual curiosity: You want to constantly push yourself out of your comfort zone to try and learn new things
• Entrepreneurial: You are empowered to take decisions and act on them, treating this startup as your own

Interview Process

• Technical R1: Reverse System Design
• Technical R2: Coding
• Final Round: Culture Fit

How to apply for this opportunity?

• Step 1: Click On Apply And Register or Login on our portal.
• Step 2: Complete the Screening Form & Upload updated Resume
• Step 3: Increase your chances to get shortlisted & meet the client for the Interview

About Uplers:
Our goal is to make hiring reliable, simple, and fast. Our role will be to help all our talents find and apply for relevant contractual onsite opportunities and progress in their career. We will support any grievances or challenges you may face during the engagement.

(Note: There are many more opportunities apart from this on the portal. Depending on the assessments you clear, you can apply for them as well).

So, if you are ready for a new challenge, a great work environment, and an opportunity to take your career to the next level, don't hesitate to apply today. We are waiting for you