Job Opportunities API

Company: Volga Partners Location: Fully Remote (Occasional office visits 1–2 times per year) Compensation: ₹19–₹24 LPA (based on experience) Job Type: Full-time Start Date: Urgently hiring — must be available to start within 1–2 weeks Work Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM IST or 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST with overlapping Meetings in PST (Collaboration with USA Pacific Time teams)   About the Role  Volga Partners is looking for a skilled Software Development Engineer with strong expertise in Python backend systems and AI/LLM applications.  In this role, you will build and maintain production-grade AI-powered systems, integrating large language models into real-world workflows. You will work across backend services, orchestration layers, and data pipelines—ensuring that AI features are reliable, scalable, and performant.  This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong problem-solving, system design, and the ability to operate in fast-evolving AI environments.    Key Responsibilities  Build and maintain backend services and internal tools in Python for AI-powered applications.   Integrate LLM APIs into production workflows, including prompt handling, response processing, validation, and retries.   Design and implement scalable REST APIs, async workflows, and background job systems.   Maintain and enhance components of a multi-language codebase (C#/C++, Python, web technologies) where applicable.   Work with structured and unstructured data to prepare inputs, transform outputs, and support downstream systems.   Develop systems for prompt management, model routing, response validation, and failure handling.   Debug complex issues across backend logic, API integrations, and distributed services.   Monitor system performance using telemetry tools and proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks.   Automate recurring workflows related to data processing, evaluation, and reporting.   Collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn ambiguous product ideas into production-ready features.   Contribute to architecture decisions around scalability, performance, and safe use of AI systems.   Write clean, testable, and maintainable code while helping establish engineering best practices for AI systems.     What You Bring  Education  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.   Experience  3+ years of professional experience in backend or systems engineering.   Strong experience in Python development for production systems.   Experience integrating LLM APIs or AI-driven services into real applications.   Proven ability to work within large codebases and collaborative environments.     Technical Skillset  Core Skills  Python (strong), backend system design, API development   Async workflows, job queues, and service orchestration   Debugging across APIs, services, and data pipelines   Languages  Python, C#, C/C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL   Frameworks & Libraries  .NET Web API, ASP.NET (MVC & WebForms), Entity Framework   React, Bootstrap, Ajax   Testing frameworks (xUnit or similar)   AI / LLM Systems  Prompt design, response parsing, and guardrails   Model integration patterns and failure handling   Understanding of LLM limitations and production constraints   Tools & Platforms   Azure DevOps, Git, Docker, Terraform   SQL Server or similar databases   Elastic Stack, Postman, Swagger   AWS or Azure clou