Staff Backend Engineer (FDE)

About the role

Meeru AI builds an AI-native platform that connects to enterprise financial systems (ERPs, CRMs, billing platforms, HRIS) and applies machine learning to turn fragmented operational data into auditable intelligence for finance teams. The Staff Backend Engineer owns the application and API services layer: the multi-tenant APIs, authentication and authorization, and the review and approval workflows through which finance teams see, challenge and act on results. The role is hands-on and high-ownership, with end-to-end ownership of major services.

Key responsibilities

• Own the multi-tenant APIs and design the service contracts between the application layer and the computation, data and AI layers, including versioning discipline
• Build the review, approval and exception-handling workflows used by finance teams
• Maintain multi-tenant isolation and own authentication, authorization and role-based access control
• Build the audit trail so every user-facing figure links back to its computation and source, supporting enterprise security and compliance reviews
• Build for a multi-cloud, multi-tenant, customer-hosted deployment model with no data egress
• Own performance, reliability and cost of the services, including observability and operational health
• Set backend patterns, review designs and mentor mid and senior engineers

Required profile

• Seven or more years in backend engineering, with significant Staff-level time owning complex production services, including failures
• Demonstrated ownership of services in a multi-cloud SaaS environment, with isolation guaranteed by design
• Obsession with correctness and traceability
• Experience evolving interfaces without breaking dependent teams

Required skills

• Python, FastAPI, Django or Flask
• PostgreSQL and Redis
• REST API design, Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform
• Snowflake or PostgreSQL SQL