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Member of Technical Staff — AI / Software Engineering (India) at Cekura (YC F24)

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (in-person)
Hybrid
Mid-level · 2–5 yrs

About the Role

Cekura (YC F24) is hiring a Member of Technical Staff in Bengaluru to build simulation engines, evaluation systems, and observability pipelines for self-improving conversational agents. Experience level is listed as any (new grads OK); the role is full-time engineering/full-stack and in-person in Bangalore (also SF culture context).

You will work at the boundary of systems and AI—real-time voice infrastructure, LLM-as-judge evals, distributed systems, telephony/audio analysis, and end-to-end product ownership. The team is explicit about intense pace (long hours including most weekends) and that this is not a narrow 9-to-5 scope.

What you'll do

  • Build testing/simulation engines for thousands of realistic conversations across voice/chat/phone
  • Push agent evaluation with LLM-powered evaluators, metrics, and self-improvement loops
  • Do applied audio/speech research beyond transcripts (noise, emotion/tone, interruptions, speaking rate)
  • Own real-time voice infrastructure (SIP, WebRTC, WebSockets, STT/TTS; providers like Twilio, Vapi, Retell, LiveKit, Pipecat)
  • Ship end-to-end (backend, infra, evals, customer-facing product)
  • Shape how the team builds—architecture, standards, technical taste

What we're looking for

  • Minimum
  • Strong coding in Python, TypeScript, or Go
  • Experience with at least one of: distributed systems, real-time infrastructure, or LLM-based products
  • Strong written and verbal communication

Skills & Technologies

Required

Minimum Strong coding in Python, TypeScript, or Go Experience with at least one of: distributed systems, real-time infrastructure, or LLM-based products Strong written and verbal communication Generalist mindset across systems and AI; production reliability/latency/correctness focus LLM instincts: failure modes, evaluation, reliable systems on unreliable models Nice to Have LLM evals, agent frameworks, AI observability

Benefits & Perks

  • Health Insurance
  • Flexible Leave Policy
  • Learning Budget
  • EPF / NPS

Why This Role is Good for Experienced Professionals

  • This MTS role offers early ownership on hard agent-reliability problems with founders and a small senior team.
  • Work on simulation, evals, and real-time voice at scale
  • Early post-seed impact on a ~12-person engineering team (as stated)
  • Direct work with founders and highly technical teammates
  • Meaningful equity and competitive compensation (as stated)
  • Medical/dental/vision and team meals (as stated)
  • Cross-surface learning: systems + AI, not one lane
  • YC-backed startup velocity
  • Shape architecture and engineering standards early
  • Full-stack ownership from design to production
  • Applied audio/speech research opportunities
  • High-ownership generalist mandate
  • Clear honesty about pace and intensity

About Cekura (YC F24)

Cekura builds infrastructure for self-improving conversational agents—testing, monitoring, debugging, and improving AI agents across voice, chat, SMS, phone, and web. The company is YC F24, growing fast, and working with teams deploying AI agents in production. Founders are described as IIT Bombay alumni with research credentials from ETH Zurich.
Industry
Technology
Company Size
500+
Website
cekuraycf24.com
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Job Details

Type
Full time
Level
Mid-level
Experience
2–5 years
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (in-person)
Work Mode
Hybrid
Category
AI / ML

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