Senior Backend Engineer

Weekday AI· Weekday's Client via platform
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🌍 Remote📍 India📍 TELECOMMUTEFull time

About this role

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 4000000 - Rs 8000000 (ie INR 40-80 LPA)

Min Experience: 4+ years

Location: Remote (India)

JobType: full-time

We are building an advanced execution platform that enables teams to securely author, run, and share internal and external code within a scalable enterprise environment. This platform plays a critical role in empowering data-driven workflows, automation, and intelligent decision-making across large-scale systems.

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to design and develop a secure, scalable, and developer-friendly execution engine. This role involves solving complex engineering challenges related to sandboxing, distributed systems, resource management, observability, and platform scalability.

This is a high-impact opportunity for engineers passionate about backend infrastructure, platform engineering, and developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and scale a secure execution platform for running internal and external code workloads.
  • Build backend services and APIs to manage execution workflows including scheduling, monitoring, cancellation, logging, and reporting.
  • Architect isolated and sandboxed environments with strong security controls and resource quota management.
  • Ensure high system reliability, resilience, and horizontal scalability under growing workloads.
  • Integrate execution services with data platforms, analytics systems, and ML workflows.
  • Collaborate with product managers, platform teams, and engineers to deliver intuitive developer experiences.
  • Drive engineering best practices around observability, performance optimization, scalability, and execution safety.
  • Contribute to technical architecture discussions and mentor junior engineers where needed.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience, preferably in distributed systems, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
  • Strong expertise in at least one backend language such as Python, Go, Java, or similar.
  • Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services.
  • Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Strong understanding of secure code execution, sandboxing, and resource isolation techniques.
  • Experience with distributed job queues and orchestration systems such as Celery, Airflow, Kubernetes Jobs, or similar tools.
  • Proven ability to build scalable, observable, and fault-tolerant systems.
  • Strong problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration skills.

Good to Have Skills

  • Experience building notebook-style execution platforms or developer tooling environments.
  • Exposure to data engineering or machine learning platforms and execution workflows.
  • Experience working with multi-tenant architectures and shared infrastructure security.
  • Familiarity with backend technologies including Golang and JavaScript.

Preferred Skills

  • Backend Development
  • Golang
  • JavaScript
  • Distributed Systems
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Platform Engineering
  • API Development

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is the Senior Backend Engineer job at Weekday AI remote?
Yes, this Senior Backend Engineer position at Weekday AI is remote, with team members based in India, TELECOMMUTE. You can work from home or anywhere in the supported regions.
Is the Senior Backend Engineer role at Weekday AI full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a Full time position. It is posted as a Senior Backend Engineer role in the Weekday's Client via platform department at Weekday AI.
Which team or department does the Senior Backend Engineer at Weekday AI belong to?
This Senior Backend Engineer position is part of the Weekday's Client via platform department at Weekday AI. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Senior Backend Engineer position at Weekday AI?
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When was the Senior Backend Engineer job at Weekday AI posted?
This Senior Backend Engineer position at Weekday AI was posted on May 20, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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