Senior Software Development Engineer - Backend
First seen by Alion on Nov 12, 2026.
Senior Software Engineer (SDE 2):
Location: Kalyani Nagar, Pune, MH (In-office)
Role: Sr. Software Engineer
Domain: B2B SaaS
About Clara AI:
Clara AI is building an AI-native operating system for commercial trades businesses like HVAC, plumbing, electrical and fire safety. Our AI agents handle customer calls, job scheduling, technician dispatch, invoice collection, and operational workflows, helping field service businesses earn more revenue, improve working capital and run more efficiently.
Today, Clara AI has:
- 100+ paying customers across US and Canadian markets
- Customers seeing 100x ROI on their AI Agents
- Strong product-market fit and rapid growth
The role:
You'll build and ship AI-powered products from idea to production, working closely with product and customers. This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You'll write production code, make technical decisions, build APIs and backend systems, and fix what's broken.
What you'll do:
- Build AI agents, LLM-powered apps, and automation workflows.
- Design and ship backend systems and APIs.
- Work across the stack where needed.
- Improve reliability, performance, and code quality.
- Talk to products and customers to understand what actually needs solving.
- Use AI tools to move faster.
You should have:
- 3 - 7 years of software engineering experience.
- Proficiency in Node.js and Python, with some frontend exposure (Next.js).
- Strong backend and API fundamentals.
- Experience building and running production systems.
- Experience owning features end-to-end.
- A product mindset and comfort with ambiguity.
Good to have:
- Early-stage startup experience or zero-to-one work.
- LLM or AI product experience.
- Full-stack experience (React, Node.js, TypeScript).
- Cloud, databases, and system design exposure.
- We care more about judgment and how fast you learn than specific tools.
Not for you if:
- You prefer working on predefined tasks.
- You need a structured, mature engineering setup.
- You'd rather avoid customer conversations.
- You're not interested in building with AI.
What we offer:
- High ownership, real autonomy, and the chance to build AI products used by businesses every day.
Skills
Full Stack, Node.js, Python, Next.js, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence