Product & Platform
/Early career, real ownership
Junior Backend Engineer
Backend
Compensation
INR 6 - 12 LPA.
Engagement
Full-Time
Permanent role. Full-time commitment. Remote-first, with periodic in-person off-sites.
Scope of role
Work on real problems day one. Be supported by senior mentors. Grow fast.
01 — The role
Why this role exists at EduRankAI
Build APIs under senior mentorship. The role is structured to grow you from bug fixes in month 1 to owned features by month 6 to a Mid-engineer trajectory by month 18. You will pair with a Senior daily, you will write your own migrations under review, and you will be expected to read EXPLAIN ANALYZE as a habit.
02 — The work
What you will own
- 01 Implement API endpoints under Senior code review.
- 02 Fix bugs.
- 03 Write tests + small migrations under review.
- 04 Pair daily with Senior engineers.
- 05 Participate in code review.
03 — The expertise
What we look for
04 — The bar
Who thrives here
- → You have shipped at least one backend feature you can point at.
- → You have written a SQL query against a real database.
- → You read PR feedback carefully and your follow-up commits show it.
- → You can describe a backend bug you fixed and why your fix was the right one.
05 — How we work
The EduRankAI environment
Remote-first, async-first
Work from anywhere. We optimise for deep work, not face time. Periodic in-person off-sites for the full-time team.
High autonomy, high standards
We hire adults and trust them. You will be expected to set your own goals, communicate clearly, and ship.
Builders, not bureaucrats
We optimise for clarity over process. Make the call, ship the work, write up what you learned.
Bharat-built, globally ambitious
We are an Indian frontier AI lab. We build for India first and the world second — in that order.
06 — Hiring process
What to expect after you apply
- 01
Application review
Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.
- 02
Take-home or live exercise
Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.
- 03
Conversations
Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.
- 04
Offer or honest no
If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.
Before you start
What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.
Application fee
CHF 1
Junior tier
We will collect
- Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
- Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
- Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
- Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
- Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.
We will never
- Sell your data
- Share with third-party recruiters
- Use for advertising
- Train models on it
- Send marketing email
Our situation
EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. The small per-application fee covers the real cost of processing your application — human review, identity verification, infrastructure, reviewer time. It buys us the right to be honest. Genuine financial hardship? Request a fee waiver inside the application — reviewed individually within 5 business days, with no record in your file and no second-class treatment of waiver-granted applications.
Ready to apply?
We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.
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