Senior Software Engineer Java

About Meraki Labs

Meraki Labs is at the forefront of Indias deep-tech innovation landscape operating as a dynamic venture studio founded by visionary entrepreneur Mukesh Bansal (Founder - Myntra Cure Fit) and Peeyush Ranjan (Former Google VP and Flipkart CTO). Our mission is to build and rapidly scale AI-first moonshot startupstransforming groundbreaking ideas into next-generation industry leaders. Through a hands-on intensive partnership model we work closely with exceptional founders driving these ventures from concept to impact.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (4 to 7 years) who thrives on building the invisible machinery that powers complex applications. You arent just writing APIs; you are architecting resilient distributed systems that can handle the rigor of financial transactions at scale. You will act as a high-output IC while providing the architectural rails and mentorship for a small high-performance engineering team.

What Youll Do

• Architect for Scale: Design and implement robust scalable backend services using Java).

• Own the Infrastructure: Build and maintain distributed systems focusing on microservices architecture event-driven design and seamless third-party integrations.

• System Integrity: Take ownership of system healthoptimizing database queries managing cache layers (Redis/Memcached) and ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.

• AI Integration: Lead the charge in AI-forward development. This includes building RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines managing vector databases or optimizing model inference latency within the backend stack.

What Were Looking For

• The Experience: 4 to 7 years in backend development with a significant portion spent architecting systems from 0 to 1 or scaling them to 10x.

• The Core: Deep mastery of Java and its ecosystem. You should be comfortable with concurrency JVM tuning and asynchronous processing.

• Architecture Savvy: You understand the trade-offs between SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL and you know how to leverage message brokers (Kafka/RabbitMQ) for decoupled systems.

• FinTech DNA: You understand the nuances of trust security and precision in financial interfaces.

• AI Curiosity: You have explored the intersection of backend engineering and AIwhether through personal projects using LangChain fine-tuning models or building specialized API wrappers for LLMs.

• Leadership: You enjoy being an Individual Contributor but have the emotional intelligence and technical depth to collaborate with the team.

Technical Keywords We Value

• Languages/Frameworks: Java 17 Spring Boot Hibernate.

• Data & Messaging: PostgreSQL Redis Kafka Elasticsearch.

• DevOps/Cloud: Docker Kubernetes AWS/GCP CI/CD pipelines.

• AI: Vector DBs (Pinecone/Weaviate) OpenAI API integration Python (for AI prototyping).

Why This Role

• Complex Challenges: Solve high-stakes problems where millisecond improvements impact the bottom line.

• Modern Stack: Work in an environment that values AI experimentation and modern Java practices over legacy maintenance.

• Impact: As a Lead IC your architectural decisions will define the companys technical foundation for years to come.

Why Join Us

• An opportunity to directly work with founders.

• High autonomy and ownership of the frontend roadmap.

• Meaningful ESOP.

• The chance to build in an AI-native environment.

• Competitive compensation and the opportunity to shape the engineering culture of a growing team.

Interview Process

1. Technical Round 1 - 60 minutes

2. Take Home Assignment Panel Presentation

3. Culture Fitment

The Recruiter for this role is Ritesh Kalvellu - You can connect with him for queries about the role.

Required Experience:

Senior IC