Tech Lead / Software Development Engineer III

The role

As we scale toward our next chapter, we are looking for high-performers who want to do the best work of their careers at the intersection of AI and Cybersecurity.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Engineer to join our engineering team. As a senior engineer, you will lead a high-performing engineering team working closely with our Design, Product, and other stakeholders to develop and deliver core product features that help in predicting and preventing cyber breaches.

Location: Bengaluru

What you will do

Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, promoting engineering best practices, high code quality, and continuous improvement.
Architecture and Design: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and architect scalable, secure, and high-performance multi-tenant services and systems.

What you need

Experience/ Qualifications/ Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of software engineering experience, including experience operating as a Senior Engineer or Lead Engineer.
Strong expertise in at least one server-side programming language such as Node.js, Python, or Go.
Hands-on experience designing and developing APIs and backend services. Experience with TypeScript and frameworks such as Express is preferred.
Good understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases and their appropriate use across different workloads.
Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts and hands-on experience with a major cloud provider such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Experience building and deploying applications in containerized environments.
Proven track record of building and delivering high-performance and scalable platforms in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Strong understanding of system design, distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and multi-tenant architectures.
Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to lead and mentor engineers toward technical excellence.
Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
High degree of ownership with the ability to drive problems from definition through production delivery.
Understanding of DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code technologies such as AWS CloudFormation is advantageous.

AI / LLM Skills

Strong working knowledge of Generative AI and LLM fundamentals, including how LLMs work, tokens, context windows, prompting, hallucinations, embeddings, and common model limitations.
Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent, with the ability to critically review and validate AI-generated code, tests, and technical solutions.
Understanding of common LLM application patterns, including structured outputs, tool/function calling, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic workflows.
Ability to make informed engineering decisions about when to use deterministic software, a direct LLM call, retrieval/RAG, or an agentic approach, based on the problem being solved.
Ability to define how AI-powered capabilities should be evaluated, including the use of golden datasets, appropriate accuracy metrics, regression testing, human evaluation, and LLM-as-a-judge where appropriate.
Ability to reason about production AI trade-offs, including accuracy, latency, cost, reliability, security, and observability.

If you’re passionate about cyber risk, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to be part of a team that’s redefining security, we want to hear from you! 🚀

Tech Lead / Software Development Engineer III

The role

What you will do

Tech Lead / Software Development Engineer III

The role

What you will do

What you need

Experience/ Qualifications/ Education

AI / LLM Skills

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