6 open roles
Build the brakes for AI spend
PALM SOUQ is a 34 person team in Chennai, building the gateway that meters every token and stops runaway agents before the invoice lands.
# how-we-work.yaml (excerpt from the PALM SOUQ handbook)
office:
location: Tondiarpet, Chennai
in_person_days: [tue, wed, thu] # hybrid roles
remote_roles: india_only
engineering:
design_docs: short, argued with data
code_review: required, 1 approver, 24h target
latency_gate: fail build if gateway p99 regresses
on_call:
rotation: follow_the_sun
max_pages_per_week: 2 # above this, we fix the alerts
comp_off: 1 day per on-call week
incidents:
reviews: blameless, published internally
payloads_in_postmortems: never # Zero Payload RetentionOpen roles
Where you could start
Salary ranges are annual base compensation in INR, shown on every role. Equity is on top.
- Senior Rust Engineer, GatewayOwn the hot path of the PALM SOUQ edge gateway: streaming proxying, token accounting and the breaker engine, all inside a 5 ms latency budget.GatewayHybrid₹48L to 72LPosted 20 Oct 2026
- Staff Distributed Systems EngineerSet the technical direction for the global quota and metering plane that keeps per-tenant budgets consistent across five regions and hundreds of edge locations.PlatformHybrid₹70L to 105LPosted 6 Oct 2026
- Frontend Engineer, DashboardBuild the dense, fast dashboard where engineers tune breakers and finance teams read gross margin per tenant, from tenant tables to live breaker traces.DashboardRemote (India)₹30L to 52LPosted 27 Oct 2026
- FinOps Research AnalystMaintain the LLM Price Index, model the unit economics of AI SaaS, and turn token prices into margin guidance customers can act on.FinOps ResearchHybrid₹18L to 30LPosted 29 Sept 2026
- Developer AdvocateHelp AI engineers govern token spend: write the guides, build the sample agents, and bring developer feedback straight into the gateway roadmap.Developer RelationsRemote (India)₹32L to 50LPosted 13 Oct 2026
- Enterprise Account ExecutiveSell the Scale plan to AI platforms and enterprise software companies with large LLM spend, working alongside a named FinOps architect on every deal.SalesChennai₹40L to 60LPosted 1 Oct 2026
Culture
How we work
Four habits we hire for and protect. They come from building infrastructure that sits in the request path of other companies' products.
- 01
The stopwatch is the product
Our gateway adds under 5 ms and stops loops in under 50 ms. We measure before we argue, and performance regressions block a release the same way failing tests do.
- 02
Show the arithmetic
Customers trust PALM SOUQ with their margins. Every cost figure, in the product and on this website, comes with the formula behind it. That habit applies to internal decisions too.
- 03
Write it down, keep it short
Design docs, incident reviews and weekly updates are written. One page is usually enough, and anyone in the company can comment on any doc.
- 04
Own it after it ships
Teams run what they build. On-call is shared, capped and compensated, and alerts that page too often are treated as bugs.
Benefits
Looked after, so you can do your best work
Health cover for your family
Group medical insurance for you, your spouse or partner, children and parents, plus annual health checks.
Equity for everyone
Every full-time employee receives stock options with a four-year vest and a one-year cliff.
Time off that gets used
24 days of paid leave, 12 public holidays, and a company-wide week off at the end of December.
Learning budget
An annual budget for books, courses and conferences, and paid time to speak at meetups.
Your setup
A MacBook Pro or a Linux workstation of your choice, plus a home office allowance for remote roles.
Parental leave
26 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing and adoptive parents, fully paid.
Process
Four conversations, about three weeks
Every role publishes its exact stages. This is the common shape.
- 1
Intro call
30 minutes with the hiring manager. Both sides decide if it is worth going further.
- 2
Deep dive
Your past work, in your words. We ask about trade-offs and what went wrong.
- 3
Exercise
Paid take-home or live pairing on real problems. Your choice for engineering roles.
- 4
Team and founders
Meet the people you would work with. Offer within 3 business days of the last stage.
Careers questions
Do you hire outside Chennai?
Some roles are open to candidates anywhere in India and are marked Remote (India). Hybrid roles expect three days a week at our Chennai office. We do not currently hire outside India.
Do you sponsor relocation?
Yes. For hybrid roles we cover relocation to Chennai, including travel and two weeks of temporary housing.
Are take-home exercises paid?
Yes. Any exercise longer than an hour is paid at a fixed rate, and you can choose a pairing session instead for engineering roles.
How long does the process take?
Most candidates finish all stages within three weeks of the first call. We reply to every application within 5 business days.
My role is not listed. Can I still apply?
Yes. Write to careers@palmsouqltd.com with a link to your work and the problem you want to work on. We read every message.
Curious what you would be working on?
The sandbox runs the same breaker heuristics our gateway team builds: fire traffic from six tenants and watch a loop get stopped.
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