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Senior Backend Engineer, AI Platform

Nightfall AIBengaluruR&D
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Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
25 Aug 2026
Status
Open · checked 8d ago

About this role

Nightfall AI is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for their AI/Agent Platform in Bengaluru, offering remote work options. This role is ideal for an experienced developer with a strong background in distributed systems who wants to build scalable architectures for data protection.

Role Overview

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Nightfall, the professional in this position will enable the delivery of the platform reliably, securely, and at massive scale. The responsibilities include architecting low latency, real-time microservices that process and detect sensitive data.

Key Responsibilities

Building highly available and secure authentication and API services.
Maintaining and evolving mission-critical internal databases and services.
Architecting, optimizing, and operating high volume auto-scaling, reliable, real-time data infrastructure and services for supporting semantic and classic search.
Architecting agentic systems to perform highly concurrent workflows while optimizing LLM accuracy, cost, and scalability.
Building observability at scale for detailed insights into customer usage and performance.
Writing and maintaining documentation about internal and public services.

Requirements

Expertise in one or more systems or high-level programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C++, with the eagerness to learn more.
Grounded knowledge in Computer Science, Data Structures, and Algorithms.
Experience running scalable systems handling thousands of RPS and maintaining reliability.
Solid experience building Search and Agentic AI systems at massive scale, including ingestion, text summarization, semantic and classic search, prompt and context engineering, and agent orchestration.
Experience developing complex software systems scaling to substantial data volumes or millions of users with production-quality deployment, monitoring, and reliability.
Experience with large-scale distributed storage and database systems, such as SQL or NoSQL options like Postgres and Cassandra.
Ability to decompose complex business problems and lead a team in solving them.
Experience with building and maintaining large-scale and real-time complex data processing pipelines using Kafka, Flink, Snowflake, Hadoop, or Zookeeper.
Eight or more years of experience with proven technical leadership and prowess in scalable, distributed architectures.

Nice to Have

Experience with Machine Learning and evaluations.

Skills and Tools

Python
SQL
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
React
Node.js
Java
C++
LLMs
Kafka
Snowflake
Terraform
Go
Cassandra
Redis
Envoy

About the Company

Nightfall is the AI-native, unified data loss prevention and insider risk management platform that protects sensitive data across SaaS apps, GenAI tools, email, endpoint devices, and more. Hundreds of customers, ranging from AI innovators to top 10 banks, trust Nightfall to detect and stop data exfiltration at scale. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Bain Capital Ventures, Venrock, WestBridge Capital, and Pear VC, alongside notable cybersecurity leaders.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official Nightfall AI careers page to submit an application.

Skills and tech stack

PythonLLMKubernetesDockerAWSSQLC++JavaReactKafkaDistributed Systems

Questions candidates ask

What is the location of the Senior Backend Engineer role?

The role is based in Bengaluru with remote work options available.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have 8 or more years of experience with proven technical leadership in scalable, distributed architectures.

What programming languages are expected?

Expertise in one or more systems or high-level programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C++ is required.

What tools and technologies are used in the engineering environment?

The engineering stack includes Go, Python, Node.js, React, Cassandra, Redis, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, and Envoy.

How can I apply for this position?

Candidates can apply directly through the official Nightfall AI careers page.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Nightfall AI careers page.

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