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Lead Backend Engineer

India - Remote

The Opportunity

At Springboard, we’re redefining how the world learns. Our engineering team is building the next-generation learning platform focused on scale, personalization, and intelligent automation — including features powered by Generative AI. 

We’re hiring a senior engineering leader — either a Lead Engineer or Principal Engineer, depending on your experience and readiness. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, mentoring others, and influencing the architecture and direction of a modern, mission-driven platform.

This is a remote role based in India. Candidates must reside and be authorized to work in India to be considered for this position.

What you'll do

  • Architect and build scalable, cloud-native systems from the ground up — with strong focus on performance, maintainability, and resilience
  • Write and review production code (primarily in Python/Django) and guide backend development across teams
  • Own delivery of large, complex projects from ideation to production — navigating ambiguity and aligning with business outcomes
  • Mentor engineers across levels through design/code reviews, 1:1s, and training sessions
  • Elevate engineering quality via improved testing, CI/CD, observability, documentation, and operational rigor
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and business teams to ensure strong alignment between technology and strategy
  • Champion technical direction in areas such as monolith decomposition, service architecture, data modeling, and platform evolution
  • Explore and integrate GenAI and ML tools to deliver clear user or developer value (e.g., personalization, automation, internal tooling)

What we’re looking for

Must have

  • 7+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems for web applications
  • Expertise in system design, distributed architectures, and database modeling (SQL/NoSQL)
  • Hands-on backend development (Python/Django preferred) and cloud infrastructure experience (preferably GCP)
  • Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD workflows, and observability tooling
  • Proven ability to drive large technical initiatives across multiple stakeholders
  • Track record of mentoring and growing engineers while influencing team technical culture
  • Comfort working with 3rd-party APIs, data pipelines, and GenAI tools
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills — especially in ambiguous environments

Good to have

  • Experience with monolith decomposition and building SOA/microservices from scratch
  • Experience in EdTech or with Learning Management Systems (e.g., Canvas, LTI)
  • Exposure to data-driven or AI-powered features that drive user experience
  • Strong product sensibility — able to connect technical work to user and business impact

Why join us

This role offers the opportunity to:

  • Shape the foundation of a platform that powers human-guided learning at scale
  • Mentor engineers and influence the next generation of technical leadership
  • Build meaningful, complex systems with clarity, care, and creativity
  • Be part of a mission-driven team solving hard problems in education and AI

If you’re excited about solving big challenges, mentoring others, and building technology that makes learning more accessible and effective — we’d love to meet you.

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