Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Job Description

Our client is seeking an experienced and driven Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join their team and build the development of scalable, secure, and Al-powered backend systems.

Broad Areas of Responsibility

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Build microservices and event-driven architectures for Al-powered applications.
• API Develop secure and performant RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Implement authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and monitoring.
• Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) from providers such as OpenAl, Anthropic, Google, or open-source models.
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.
• Design and maintain vector search and semantic retrieval systems.
• Develop Al agent orchestration workflows and tool integrations.
• Optimize inference latency, throughput, and operational costs.
• Design efficient database schemas and data pipelines.
• Manage structured and unstructured data used by Al systems.
• Implement caching, queueing, and asynchronous processing workflows.
• Build observability, logging, and monitoring solutions for Al services.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years solid industry experience.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior team members, and collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Data Science, Machine Learning, or Generative Al certification from recognized platforms.
• Experience building Al-native or LLM-powered applications.
• Experience with: LangGraph, LangChain, Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Technical Skills

• Backend: Node.js, Python, FastAPI, Java, REST APIs, WebSockets
• Al & LLMS: OpenAI APIs, Anthropic APIs, Embeddings, RAG, AI Agents

Work Details

• Work Shift: (SL/IST TIME) Straddle 3:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Work Week: Monday to Friday