What we are building:

At Ambitio, we're building India's first AI-powered global admissions platform that helps students get into their dream schools. Our mission is to democratize access to quality global education by making the admissions process 10x easier through personalized AI guidance. We combine advanced AI technology with alumni mentorship to help students build stronger profiles and craft compelling applications.

We're a founding team of IIT BHU alumni who have experienced firsthand the challenges of global higher education admissions. More than 40,000+ users have explored our platform and have received admits from top institutions like Stanford, Oxford, NYU, Cornell, Columbia and other leading universities. We're backed by notable investors including First Cheque and We Founder Circle.

📍 Location: Bangalore, India``

🛠 Tech Stack: Python - Django, Node.js - Nest.js, RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB, AWS -Lambda, API Gateway, Amplify, CI/CD, Microservices, DevOps, Vector Databases, LLM

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a Lead Engineer (Engineering Lead) to lead our backend, data engineering, and infrastructure efforts. You’ll be responsible for building scalable data pipelines, backend services, and cloud infrastructure to power our AI-driven platform. Leading the entire engineering team. Help founders foster a high-performance engineering culture with best coding practices, documentation, and DevOps workflows.

Key Responsibilities:

Tech Leadership & Strategy:

• Lead backend, data engineering, and infrastructure efforts, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Drive microservices architecture and serverless implementations on AWS.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to integrate LLM-powered features efficiently.

Backend & Data Engineering:

• Architect and develop high-performance APIs using Django & NodeJS.
• Build scalable ETL pipelines to collect, clean, and update university and course data.
• Work with RDS, DynamoDB, and MongoDB for structured and unstructured data management.

Cloud & DevOps:

• Implement CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and AWS infrastructure (Lambda, API Gateway, ALB, Amplify etc.).
• Ensure scalability, security, and cost efficiency of cloud infrastructure.
• Automate deployments and optimize system performance.

Team Leadership & Growth:

• Lead and mentor backend and DevOps engineers.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture with best coding practices, documentation, and DevOps workflows.

What makes you a fit?

• 5-8+ years of experience in backend development, data engineering, and cloud infrastructures.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment and make key architectural decisions.
• Expertise in Python (Django) and Node.js (Nest.js) for backend development.
• Strong experience with AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, CI/CD, Microservices, DevOps).
• Experience building ETL pipelines and managing large datasets for AI-powered applications.
• Hands-on knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CDK) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) is preferred.
• Experience working with AI/ML teams, particularly in RAG and LLM fine-tuning workflows, is a plus.

What can you expect?

• Be part of an AI-powered EdTech AI revolution
• Leadership role in a high-growth startup
• Opportunity to transform global education access through technology
• Very competitive compensation including ESOPs

Location: HSR, Sector - 1, Bengaluru

Working Days - 6 (Mon-Sat)

Timings - 11AM - 8PM