Software Development Engineer III (SDE 3)

Role:  SDE 3

Location: Bengaluru

Work Type: Full-Time

Experience: 5–7Years

Domain: AI/ML / Backend / Full Stack Engineering

Pinegap

Pinegap is building AI agents for Wall Street funds focused on fundamental equity investing, powering long/short hedge funds, long-only mutual funds, RIAs, and wealth managers.

Co-founder Ankit brings 15 years of Wall Street experience (7 years at J.P. Morgan, 8 years at a long/short hedge fund). Pinegap raised its seed in 2024, onboarded hundreds of clients, and recently closed a Series A—now accelerating growth with immediate senior engineering hires.

What You'll Do

- Own end-to-end product development from zero-to-one, architecting major features across the full stack (design to production launch).

- Collaborate with founders, users, and Customer Success to drive rapid iteration and product direction.

- Design scalable, high-performance systems; implement robust components; optimize for reliability, latency, and cost at scale.

- Deliver clean, production-grade, well-tested code in fast-paced environments.

Technical Requirements

- 5–10 years in Backend, or Full Stack Engineering.

- Strong CS fundamentals (CSE background preferred).

- Deep experience with backend systems and APIs (e.g., Node.js, Python, FastAPI).

- Proficiency in modern web stacks (e.g., TypeScript, React, Next.js).

- Hands-on with LLM frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex), OpenAI/Claude/Gemini APIs, RAG pipelines, and vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate).

- Expertise in LLMOps, evaluation frameworks, and production optimization (latency, cost, distributed systems).

Other Requirements

- Proven track record building end-to-end systems from scratch in Series A/B+ startups or high-growth environments.

- Experience with data-intensive apps, performance tuning, system design, and scalability.

- Ability to rapidly adopt new tech and pivot across the stack.