Backend Developer

About Unscript.ai

Unscript.ai is one of the fastest-growing Gen-AI startups in the world, transforming how performance marketers create high-quality video ads at scale. Our AI Video Ad Agent creates social video videos and video agents in real time—cutting production time from hours to minutes. We’re backed by top-tier VCs and advised by OpenAI alumni. Our team includes AI experts from IITs, Microsoft Research, Samsung Research Korea, Amazon etc.

In the News:

• “Unscript.ai raises $1.25 million to revolutionize AI-based video generation, competing with major players like OpenAI’s SORA.” – Analytics India Magazine
• “Unscript.ai is helping marketers reduce ad creation time by over 90%, unlocking new levels of creative performance.” – Business Insider
• “Unscript uses generative AI to create studio-quality videos with real or virtual actors, without the cost or time involved with physical shooting.” - The Washington Post
• “Unscript recently outshined Google vlogger and open AI Sora creating studio quality videos from photos in Minutes” - CNBC TV18

What You’ll Do:

• Design and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js (TypeScript) and Python (FastAPI)
• Build and manage microservices with effective communication and fault tolerance.
• Implement and maintain queue systems like Kafka and scheduled background tasks.
• Deploy and monitor services using PM2, Docker, and Azure infrastructure.
• Integrate secure authentication (JWT, OAuth2) and develop RESTful APIs.
• Collaborate with frontend teams and ensure seamless API integration.
• Follow best practices for security, performance, and maintainability.
• Proactively monitor application health and resolve issues.

What We're Looking For:

• 6+ years in backend development with Node.js (TypeScript) and Python (FastAPI).
• Strong experience with microservices, Kafka/queues, and inter-service communication.
• Deep familiarity with Microsoft Azure (Functions, App Services, Blob Storage, Key Vault, etc.).
• Proficient in PM2, Docker, Git, CI/CD, and agile workflows.
• Expertise in RESTful API design, authentication standards (JWT, OAuth2), and secure coding.
• Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with cron jobs, logging, and application monitoring.

💜 Our Core Values

Before joining a company, it’s important you know what we value and how we operate. We look for and nurture these values in every member of our team.

• Bias for execution, not idea: We can have 100 different ideas every day, what matters is how we execute them. So we immediately execute things that look lucrative and learn from results instead of procrastination.
• Bias for action: We do things quickly. Not the end of the week, today. We take action on suggested improvements asap. We do not wait for approvals or meetings for easily reversible decisions. We take action.
• Customer Obsession: We're focused on our customers' unmet needs, their anxieties, and frustrations when it comes to the creation of videos. We build products that help alleviate these. We go above and beyond for our customers during onboarding and support. When they win, we win.
• Self-Agency: We take ownership of problems. Did the customer make a mistake? It's on us to fix. Someone on the team messes things up? It's upon us to pick things back up. Competitor launches smear campaign? We continue focusing on our game.