Sr Backend Engineer - AI

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

SigNoz seeks a senior backend engineer to build the AI layer of its observability platform. The role spans Go and Python services, agent orchestration, and LLM observability, with full ownership from design to rollout in a remote‑first environment.

Role Snapshot

• Senior backend engineer
• AI platform development
• Go & Python expertise
• Agent orchestration & SSE streaming
• Remote‑first
• High ownership

Must-Have Requirements

• Go (concurrency, channels, performance)
• Python (async, FastAPI, Pydantic, asyncio)
• API design
• Data modeling
• Server‑Sent Events (SSE) streaming
• backend systems
• production environments
• product‑company culture

Nice-to-Have Signals

• OpenTelemetry
• ClickHouse
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Open‑source contributions
• LLM feature shipping
• AI/agent development

Work Setup

• Location: India
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: UNSPECIFIED
• Remote countries: India
• Employment type: Full-Time

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range
• Relocation
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub
• Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

• Build and maintain the AI teammate Noz, handling agent orchestration, tool calling, SSE streaming, and session‑state management
• Develop the MCP server that lets LLM agents query logs, metrics, traces and create alerts and dashboards
• Implement LLM/GenAI observability using OpenTelemetry
• Drive features end‑to‑end: problem discovery, design, implementation, rollout, and documentation
• Write clear technical docs and communicate trade‑offs to the team

Good Fit If You Have

• Curiosity about LLMs and AI agents
• Experience shipping LLM‑related features (agents, tool calling, prompt engineering)
• Passion for open‑source and prior OSS contributions
• Familiarity with ClickHouse, Kafka, or Kubernetes
• Enjoys high‑ownership, fast‑moving remote teams