Senior Founding Engineer

About Newton School of Technology:
Newton School of Technology (NST) is a new-age institution redefining technical education in India. Founded by IIT alumni, NST offers a 4-year B.Tech in Computer Science and AI, focused on hands-on learning and deep industry integration. Within two years, over 93% of students have secured paid internships with companies like Razorpay, SarvamAI, and DRDO, along with global exposure through tech treks to Singapore and Silicon Valley. Led by a distinguished faculty comprising ICPC World Finalists and ex-professionals from ISRO, Microsoft, MakeMyTrip, and several other leading tech organizations, NST is building a scalable, high-impact model that produces industry-ready talent for the world's most advanced technology roles.
 

About Koyo

Koyo is a new B2B venture by Newton School, building AI-native recruitment

technology for enterprises. We are in aggressive 0-to-1 mode, the product is live,

customers are using it, and we are moving fast to define how AI changes the way

companies hire.

Our Website: https://www.newtonschool.co/koyo-ai-interviewer

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Founding Engineer to join our engineering team at an

early-stage AI Product (B2B). You will be joining a team of 5 engineers working on a live

product with real customers, where strong technical decisions and fast execution both

matter.

This role is for someone who can architect systems, lead technical decisions, write

excellent code, and help raise the bar for a small but high-quality team. You will work

closely with the founders and have meaningful influence on both the product and how

the team operates.

What you will do

• Own the architecture and delivery of core product features across the full stack
• Design scalable, well-structured database schemas and data models
• Build and integrate AI agent-based workflows into the core product
• Set technical standards, review code, and help establish engineering practices
• Work directly with product and the founding team to shape the roadmap from a technical lens
• Help hire and mentor early engineering team members as the team grows
• Take end-to-end accountability for reliability, performance, and code quality

What we are looking for

• 3+ years of experience in software development with strong full-stack depth
• Strong frontend skills in ReactJS and deep backend experience in Python
• Hands-on experience with Django or equivalent Python frameworks at a production scale
• Strong grasp of database design - schema design, indexing, query performance, and migrations
• Active experience building with AI agents in production or near-production settings (at least 3–4 months of hands-on work)
• Ability to make and defend architectural decisions with clear thinking
• High ownership mindset - you care about outcomes, not just output
• Experience working in a startup or high-ambiguity environment

Good to have

• Experience with B2B SaaS or workflow products
• Familiarity with LLM APIs, agent frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, etc.), or
• prompt engineering
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Prior startup experience or a side project that shipped to real users

Why join

• Join a team of 5 engineers who move fast, own deeply, and build things that matter
• Work on a live product with real customers, not a prototype
• Own your work from design to deployment, not just write tickets
• Get broad exposure across product, infrastructure, and AI integration