Backend Engineer - Platform

Job Title

Backend Engineer – Platform

Location

On-site, Bengaluru, India

About Coral AI

At Coral AI (trycoral.ai), we aren’t just building another AI tool; we’re engineering the intelligent operating system for a more efficient healthcare industry. As recently featured in Forbes, we are tackling the massive administrative bottleneck—a $450 billion crisis—that consumes 25% of U.S. healthcare spending and forces patients to wait weeks for life‑saving treatment.

Our agentic automation platform is uniquely designed for healthcare’s "messy" reality, utilizing sophisticated AI to digest handwritten faxes, complex medical records, and blurry scans with an unprecedented 98.7% accuracy. Backed by Lightspeed and founded by a team with deep roots in AI and robotics, we’ve scaled to multi‑million dollars in ARR in less than six months by delivering immediate, Day‑1 value to medical equipment providers, clinics and specialty pharmacies. By slashing patient wait times from five days to under three hours, we’re doing more than just automating paperwork; we’re returning time to clinicians and ensuring that care is never delayed by a document. If you’re a high‑ownership builder who wants to solve mission‑critical problems in OCR and NLP while making a tangible impact on human lives, come help us build the infrastructure that lets healthcare scale.

Role Overview

As a Backend Engineer – Platform at Coral AI, you will be instrumental in designing and building scalable systems, frameworks, and core infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with engineering teams to establish and uphold best practices across the platform and ensure our systems are robust, reliable, and performant as we grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop highly scalable and reliable backend systems and frameworks
• Build and maintain core platform infrastructure to support products and engineering efforts company‑wide
• Drive engineering and coding best practices; set standards for quality and code reviews
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, DevOps, and other stakeholders to deliver top‑notch solutions
• Proactively identify technical debt, architectural bottlenecks, and opportunities for system improvements
• Mentor and guide fellow engineers on platform and backend topics

Requirements

• 3–7 years of experience in backend engineering or similar roles
• Proven experience building scalable and distributed backend systems and services
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Go, Java, or Python
• In‑depth understanding of system architecture, frameworks, and core infrastructure components
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with databases (SQL and NoSQL), messaging systems, and caching strategies
• Solid grasp of engineering best practices: code reviews, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and documentation
• Excellent troubleshooting, problem‑solving, and analytical skills
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Willingness and ability to work on‑site in Bengaluru

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge platform engineering challenges
• Collaborative and growth‑oriented work environment
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Modern office in the heart of Bengaluru