Senior / Principal AI Engineer (Agentics + Backend) - 50L+ range

Hiring for: A US based well funded startup building low-latency, agentic voice AI systems at production scale.

Role: AI Engineer (Agentics + Backend)

Levels: Senior 5yrs+, Principal 10yrs+

Location: Bengaluru

Type: Hybrid - 3 days Work From Office

Notice: Immediate to 30 days preferred

Salary: Based on fitment (50L+ ESOPs for Seniors, 85L+ ESOPs for Principals)

Overview:

Our client is building real-time, agentic AI systems where response time and conversational flow matter. This role is focused on pushing performance to the edge, shaving off milliseconds so interactions feel fast, natural, and human-like.

Role:

• We need someone who can help reduce end-to-end response time across an AI agent system, moving from seconds toward sub-second performance.
• Youll work closely with agent logic and backend systems that power voice-first, concierge-style conversational experiences.
• Working on LangGraph-based agent flows and backend systems
• Integrating and optimizing voice AI services (e.g. ElevenLabs, Deepgram)
• Improving perceived and actual latency across the agent pipeline
• Solving concurrency / parallel execution challenges at scale
• Supporting conversational systems where responsiveness directly impacts user experience

Requirement:

• Strong backend engineering experience
• Hands-on exposure to agent-based systems or complex conversational workflows
• Experience with voice or real-time systems where latency matters
• Comfortable reasoning about performance, concurrency, and system bottlenecks
• Has built or supported production systems, not just prototypes

What this is not

• Not a prompt-engineering role
• Not a research-only role
• Not a generic CRUD backend role