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Job details:
🧠Senior Backend Engineer (AI/ML – Python, PyTorch)
Experience: 10+ Years
Location: Hyderabad (In-office preferred)
Company: Nova
🌌 About Nova
Nova is building a communication intelligence platform that transforms how people interact—starting with workplaces and expanding into human relationships.
Our core focus:
- Workspace Communication IntelligenceDetecting escalation across email, Slack, and internal tools
- Real-time warning systems for tone, conflict, and misalignment
- Helping teams communicate with clarity, empathy, and efficiency
- AI-Powered Behavioral SystemsTone detection, intent classification, and emotional pattern recognition
- Red flag detection (manipulation, aggression, escalation)
- Real-time NLP pipelines for human communication
We are also building an emotionally intelligent dating app as a live behavioral testbed, enabling us to train and refine our AI systems on real-world interactions at scale.
⚡ Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong AI/ML experience who can architect, build, and scale Nova’s intelligence systems from the ground up.
This is a foundational role.
You will be responsible for:
- Designing the backend architecture
- Building AI-driven systems that operate in real-time
- Translating human communication into structured intelligence
🧠What You’ll Work On
- Designing and building:
- Scalable backend systems (Python-based)
- Real-time communication pipelines
- Event-driven architectures
- Developing AI/ML systems:
- NLP models for tone, intent, escalation detection
- Behavioral pattern detection systems
- Red flag detection engines (manipulation, abuse, etc.)
- Working with:
- PyTorch / deep learning frameworks
- Transformer-based models (fine-tuning, inference pipelines)
- Large-scale data processing
- Building:
- APIs for real-time AI feedback (chat/email/Slack integrations)
- Low-latency inference systems
- Data pipelines for training and continuous learning
🎯 What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience
- Strong expertise in:
- Python (must)
- System design & distributed systems
- API architecture
- Hands-on experience with:
- PyTorch (preferred) or TensorFlow
- NLP systems / LLM integrations
- Model deployment & inference optimization
- Experience building:
- Scalable production systems
- High-throughput, low-latency architectures
- Data pipelines and ML workflows
Bonus:
- Experience with real-time systems
- Prior work in communication tools / SaaS
- Experience in behavioral AI / safety systems
🔥 What Makes You a Fit
- You’ve built systems at scale—but still want to build from scratch
- You think in systems, not just services
- You care about real-world impact, not just models
- You can balance:
- Speed vs scalability
- Research vs execution
- You are comfortable:
- Taking ownership of architecture
- Making key technical decisions
- Working closely with founders
⏳ Commitment & Expectations
- We are a fast-moving startup
- Expected commitment: ~60 hours per week
- High ownership, high accountability
This is not a maintenance role.
This is a build-the-core-engine role.
đź’° Compensation & ESOP
- Competitive senior-level compensation
- Significant ESOP allocation
- We are an early-stage startup, about to close funding
This role comes with the opportunity to be a core technical pillar in a potential billion-dollar AI company.
🌿 Culture at Nova
- Direct, no-politics communication
- Fast decision-making
- Deep respect for builders
- Emotionally intelligent, execution-focused team
We value:
- Clarity
- Ownership
- Speed
- Depth
đź’ˇ Why Join Nova
- Build AI systems that understand human communication
- Work on real-world behavioral intelligence problems
- Define architecture from day zero
- Be part of a category-defining product (Communication Intelligence)
🚨 Important
Only apply if you:
- Understand early-stage startup dynamics
- Are ready to take end-to-end ownership
- Want to build something from 0 → 1 at scale
If you’re looking for stability, this isn’t it.
If you’re looking to build something meaningful and massive—this is it.
Click on Apply to know more.