Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Build a safer world with us, one incident at a time.

Ambient.ai is the category creator and leader in Agentic Physical Security. Powered by Ambient Pulsar, the first reasoning Vision-Language Model purpose-built for physical security, our platform seamlessly integrates with existing security cameras and physical access control systems to unify monitoring, access control, threat assessment, response, and investigations through an always-on reasoning layer that augments security operators with superhuman capabilities. The results: 95% fewer false alarms, investigations 20x faster, and 10x faster response.

The momentum speaks for itself: we doubled new ARR in FY26, and have delivered results for world-class customers including Cisco, ServiceNow, SentinelOne, TikTok, Bayer, and MoMA. That kind of momentum creates an environment where great people thrive, and it shows: we recently ranked #71 out of 500 on the Forbes best startup employers list.

Founded in 2017 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and Allegion Ventures, Ambient.ai is on a fast-paced journey to fulfill our mission: prevent every security incident possible.

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About the role:

We are bootstrapping our India Technology Engineering division with exponential growth ahead. Working under the leadership of Kiran Palan and Vikesh Khanna, you will contribute majorly to our core platform and security engineering of Ambient.ai, and will help in bootstrapping the India Technology Centre.

What you'll do:

• Design and implement REST and GraphQL endpoints
• Design and implement highly available, latency-sensitive, fault-tolerant microservices
• Core infrastructure for processing large volumes of video streaming data
• Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of all backend services
• Develop large-scale platform problems and own small-to-medium platform features end-to-end
• You will work as an important member of the platform team that owns one or more services/product features, end-to-end
• Expect to be challenged and stretch your skills regularly

What you'll bring:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent field with a programming background
• At least 7+ years of experience building scalable and available web services
• Strong experience working with at least one of the object-oriented programming languages, such as Python, C++, and Golang, would be required
• Expertise in APIs (REST / GraphQL), general web backend design principles, relational databases (MySQL / Postgres), streaming pipelines, pub-sub systems, and indexing systems
• Write clean and maintainable code
• Design and implement complex systems, including communication between several services (pub-sub paradigm, microservices architecture)
• Manage service reliability, including any cloud operations work (AWS, Google Cloud)
• Experience with Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar tools/technologies will be highly preferred
• Experience building SaaS product offerings will be a huge advantage.

Why join us:

• We are creating an entirely new category within a 120+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible
• We have an impressive customer roster of F500 companies, including Adobe, SentinelOne, and TikTok
• Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company
• Comprehensive health + welfare package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, Legal Services, 401k plan)
• We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge, including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles, depending on customer demand)
• You’ll receive everything you need to hit the ground running, including cutting-edge equipment and branded gear
• Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers
• We love tohike, are foodies, and love music! Check out our most recentAmbient Spotify Playlist

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