Senior Software Engineer

Senior Engineer, Dutient Labs
Remote, India | Full-time | Reports to Principal Engineer / Founders
Who We Are
Dutient Labs is building Dutro, a multi-tenant data privacy and compliance platform. We're a small, founder-led team with a live product, real customers, and a stack that's growing fast. This is an early hire on the engineering team, and the work is hands-on from day one.
The Role
We're hiring a Senior Engineer to work across backend services and cloud infrastructure. You won't be handed perfectly scoped tickets. You'll be expected to read context, ask the right questions, and ship.
Frontend/UI is out of scope.
What You'll Work On
Backend services built on:
Node.js with TypeScript (strict mode, ESM)
Fastify for the HTTP layer, with schema validation via JSON Schema / Zod
Postgres via Prisma ORM, including schema design, migrations, and query optimization
MongoDB for document-oriented workloads
Redis for caching, session management, and pub/sub
Infrastructure and deployment:
Kubernetes on OCI (OKE), including pod specs, resource limits, liveness/readiness probes, and namespacing
FluxCD for GitOps-based deployments, including Kustomize overlays and HelmRelease management
HashiCorp Vault for secrets injection, dynamic credentials, and policy management
OCI Object Storage, VCN configuration, and bastion-gated SSH access
Containerisation with Docker, multi-stage builds, and image optimisation
Identity and access:
Keycloak for enterprise SSO, including realm configuration, client setup, and token introspection
OIDC and SAML 2.0 flows end-to-end
RBAC design across multi-tenant workspaces
Audit logging pipelines that are complete and tamper-evident
Observability and reliability:
Structured logging (JSON), log aggregation, and alerting
Basic distributed tracing and correlation ID propagation
Writing runbooks and knowing when to escalate
What We're Looking For
2 to 4 years of backend engineering experience with at least one production system you owned, not just contributed to
Solid with TypeScript and Node.js, including async patterns, error handling, and writing code someone else can read six months later
Comfortable with Postgres at depth: indexes, query plans, migrations that don't take down prod, and multi-tenant row-level isolation
Worked with Kubernetes in a real environment, not just tutorials. You know what a CrashLoopBackOff means and how to fix it
Understands how SSO works at a protocol level, not just "we use OAuth"
Experience with any GitOps tooling (FluxCD, ArgoCD) is a strong plus
Has worked in a startup or a small team where you had to figure things out without a platform team holding your hand
Can write a PR description that explains the why, not just the what
What You Get
ESOPs, meaningful equity at an early stage
Early engineering hire on a live, growing product
Direct access to the founding team and architecture decisions
No layers of process between you and the work
How to Apply
Email rohit@dutientlabs.ai. Tell us about one backend or infra problem you solved end to end, what was broken, what you built, and what happened after it shipped. Keep it specific. A GitHub link is welcome but not a substitute.

Work arrangement
Yes