Senior Engineer - Samar Wealth | Scrabble
Posted on December 8, 2025
Job Description
<p><b>Senior Backend Engineer – AI-Native</b></p>
<p><b>Wealth Management Platform</b></p>
<p><b>Samar Capital</b></p>
<p><b>About Samar Capital</b></p>
<p>Samar Capital is building one of India's first <b>AI-first, Agentic Wealth Management</b></p>
<p><b>Platforms</b> — a system designed to reimagine how Relationship Managers, clients, and</p>
<p>technology collaborate to deliver personalized financial advice at scale.</p>
<p>Our vision is to merge deep financial expertise with the power of AI, data engineering, and</p>
<p>modular SaaS tools. This platform will empower RMs and clients with real-time intelligence,</p>
<p>automation, and conversational interfaces, anchored on a data lake that integrates mutual</p>
<p>funds, PMS, AIF, insurance, and alternate asset data.</p>
<p><b>The Founders</b></p>
<p><b>Kunal Agarwal</b></p>
<p>Kunal has co-founded and sold two businesses in India successfully: Brattle Foods (acquired</p>
<p>by Future Group in 2014) and Priority Vendor (acquired by C2FO in 2019). Kunal holds an</p>
<p>AB Hons. Degree from Harvard College (2008) and is based in New Delhi.</p>
<p><b>George Mitra</b></p>
<p>George is currently the co-founder and CEO of Fintso. He has over 25 years of experience</p>
<p>in the wealth management industry in India, with deep domain experience in financial</p>
<p>planning, B2C marketing and product management. He was part of the founding team of</p>
<p>Avendus Wealth and as CEO managed over $4 Billion of Client Assets. Prior to Avendus,</p>
<p>George spent over 13 years with Deutsche Bank, leading North India and NRI wealth.</p>
<p>George is based in New Delhi.</p>
<p>George and Kunal have known each other for about 10 years and have unique access to</p>
<p>India's financial and retail ecosystem.</p>
<p><b>About the Platform</b></p>
<p>Our platform will fundamentally change how wealth management is delivered in India by</p>
<p>creating an <b>AI-assisted agentic flow</b> — where human Relationship Managers are</p>
<p>empowered by an RM Co-Pilot, and clients interact with a personalized advisory AI layer.The system integrates seamlessly across third-party SaaS providers, regulatory APIs, and</p>
<p>financial data networks.</p>
<p><b>Core elements include:</b></p>
<p>●</p>
<p>Cloud-native, API-first architecture</p>
<p>●</p>
<p>Unified Data Lake for all client holdings and interactions</p>
<p>●</p>
<p>AI-driven CRM & RM Assist modules (lead scoring, client insights, opportunity</p>
<p>detection)</p>
<p>●</p>
<p>Client-facing portals with goal-based analytics and compliance automation</p>
<p>●</p>
<p>Integration with custodians, fund houses, and payment systems</p>
<p>This is a <b>once-in-a-generation opportunity</b> to build the core technology powering a wealth</p>
<p>firm that is AI-native, compliance-ready, and designed to scale to ₹50,000 Cr+ AUM in the</p>
<p>coming years.</p>
<p><b>The Role</b></p>
<p>With Engineering Leadership already identified, we are assembling a <b>founding engineering</b></p>
<p><b>team of 5–6 senior developers</b> to build and scale the backend, AI integration, and data</p>
<p>systems. These hires will work directly with the Technical Lead, Product Head, and Founders</p>
<p>to deliver the first production release of the platform.</p>
<p><b>You will focus on:</b></p>
<p>●</p>
<p>Building and scaling backend and AI infrastructure</p>
<p>●</p>
<p>Integrating data pipelines, SaaS modules, and APIs</p>
<p>●</p>
<p>Architecting extensible systems for future AI workloads (LLMs, agentic bots,</p>
<p>recommendation systems)</p>
<p>●</p>
<p>Delivering clean, maintainable, production-grade code under startup velocity</p>
<p><b>Requirements</b></p>
<p>●</p>
<p><b>Strong experience in backend or full-stack development</b> (Python, Node, Java,</p>
<p>Go)</p>
<p>●</p>
<p><b>Exposure to cloud infrastructure</b> (AWS/Azure/GCP), data lake systems, and</p>
<p>scalable API design</p>
<p>●</p>
<p><b>Experience integrating AI/ML pipelines</b>, inference APIs, or large-scale analytics</p>
<p>workflows</p>
<p>●</p>
<p><b>Understanding of fintech or data-heavy ecosystems</b> (finance, payments, SaaS)</p>
<p>●</p>
<p><b>5–12 years total experience</b>, depending on seniority level</p>
<p>●</p>
<p><b>Ability to work independently</b> in a high-velocity, build-from-zero environment</p>
<p>●</p>
<p><b>Deep interest in AI, automation</b>, and transforming user experience through</p>
<p>intelligent systems</p>