Engineering & Infrastructure Associate

Every clever product still needs somewhere solid to run. This role owns that ground — servers, security, and everything that has to work at 3 a.m. without anyone noticing.

What You'll Do

• Set up and manage servers, hosting, VPS environments, domains, and development environments.
• Implement security, load balancing, and service/microservice infrastructure.
• Run penetration testing and harden systems against real-world threats.
• Manage backups, remote systems, network development, and display/integration technologies.
  
  

What You Bring

• Genuine expertise across Linux, UNIX, macOS, and Windows, with strong CLI and remote-systems fluency.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and load-balanced/microservice architecture.
• Practical experience with penetration testing or security hardening.
• For tier-1 engineering graduates especially: depth over breadth — you understand why systems fail, not just how to restart them.
  
  

Bonus Points: Experience securing infrastructure for a live production product, not just personal projects.

For all positions: we're looking for people who learn quickly, adapt to new and emerging technologies, and want to help build the future of advertising technology. This is an office-based role in South Delhi — we value genuine enthusiasm for working from office, tinkering with LLMs, AI, programmatic, ad insertion, and even gaming, inside a startup-style, operationally flexible environment. Hard work and a real focus on building a long-term career in ad-tech software development matter more to us than a polished résumé.

Disclaimer: due to the large volume of applications received, we are only able to respond to successful candidates.

On the Early-Career Program

Programmatic ad-tech is an exceptionally niche industry, and very few schools or workplaces truly expose people to its technical, operational, or business realities — especially combined with emerging interactive and immersive advertising experiences. Because of this, we understand that strong candidates may come from lateral career shifts or seemingly unrelated backgrounds. While we review every application for relevant experience and education, résumés alone rarely reveal curiosity, systems thinking, adaptability, or genuine interest in the industry.

Established players in this space rarely let experienced talent circulate freely, and we recognize the challenge of building in such a rare ecosystem while bootstrapping. We encourage applicants to research the industry before applying, avoid applying blindly, and tell us why this space excites you — especially if you're willing to pursue an early-career journey of learning, exploration, and growth while transitioning from another field.

Application Requirements

• A completed application form, including your resume.
• Essay 1 — Statement of Purpose: why Blowtrumpet is for you, why you want to be part of ad-tech, and how ad-tech differs from other industries (e.g. ed-tech) in ways that interest you.
• Essay 2 — Your Workflow in the Emerging Technologies Age: your view on AI and where it's heading, how you're incorporating AI into your workflow today, and real examples of difficulties you've faced and how you resolved them.
• Essay 3 — Gamification: what gamification means to you, a real-life example, what the gamification loop looks like, and how you'd apply it to create an engaging experience for friends, family, or coworkers.
  
  

You may use AI tools to help write these essays. If you do, disclose which tools you used, your prompts and guidance, and confirm your agreement with the output. If you choose not to use AI, tell us that too.

Optional Guiding Questions

You're welcome to draw on any of the following while writing your three essays — they're prompts, not a separate form to fill out line by line.

• 1. Provide us with your present PIN Code. We won't be processing applications without a valid PIN Code and address location. You're encouraged to join our Discord server, Hire For Work (linked in the website footer) — introduce yourself and interact there; it goes a long way for our assessment and lets us connect with you in real time. Also define, in your own words, the difference between ed-tech and ad-tech.
• 2. Name 5 ed-tech platforms you find useful. What did you like about them, who is their target audience, and how do they help you What skills have you developed through ed-tech
• 3. Name 5 ad-tech platforms you find useful. What did you like about them, who is their target audience, and how do they help you
• 4. Why is ad-tech for you
• 5. Why do you want to work with a startup Talk about one area of expertise you feel will add value to our products, and the clients or industry it serves.
• 6. We also hire for our legacy services business. Would you like your application considered for a client-facing, incentive/ROI-driven role in advertising services How would you add value to that practice, which role would you prefer for your career progression, and for which clients or sector
• 7. Why do you use AI How do you envision AI being used in the years to come Talk about a recent development in AI — is it close to the ad-tech or fin-tech industries
• 8. Do you feel knowledge of fin-tech systems is useful for product development in ad-tech What are the advantages of AI in building or managing a fin-tech environment
• 9. How do you keep up with the latest innovations Name 5 websites you consult for staying updated, learning new skills, or troubleshooting.
• 10. Describe your troubleshooting workflow.
• 11. Are you a gamer Which games have you played How often, when, and with what objective
• 12. Are you a streamer / content creator What software and platforms do you use Share your channel details and your content development/management workflow.
• 13. What do you understand by gamification Create a sample gamification loop for an ad-tech environment that you feel would be useful for the industry — mention the checkpoints, endpoints, rewards, and your approach to quantifying them.
• 14. Share a real-world example of gamification you've practiced with friends, family, or coworkers.
• 15. Write a clear statement of purpose to complete your application. How does Blowtrumpet fit with your aspirations, and what would you like to achieve Discuss your plans for the next 3–5 years.
  
  

Status & Contact

We make a sincere effort to respond early to fully completed applications. Because of application volume, we're sometimes only able to respond to shortlisted candidates. You can check on your application status by writing to [HIDDEN TEXT].

Disclaimer: due to the large volume of applications received, we are only able to respond to successful candidates.