Software Development Engineer- C++/Python - Full Time

**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 cloud environments **Architecture** - Microservices, distributed systems, modular architectures **Operating Systems** - Windows, Linux **Build Tools** - Make, Ninja (preferred) **Nice to Have** - Experience with RAG, embeddings, vector databases, or retrieval systems - Familiarity with agent workflows or multi-step orchestration - Experience with model monitoring, prompt versioning, or evaluation systems - Understanding of AI safety, privacy, and secure data handling - Exposure to cloud-native deployments and scalable infrastructure **Why Join Us** - Remote-first culture with minimal in…