Python Backend Engineer for AI Agent (Techlead/Senior)

 RESPONSIBILITIES

• Backend development of the AI Agent platform or application from scratch, handling large-scale user data and system logs
• Design and build complex system architectures that integrate with internal/external APIs, vector databases, and various developer toolchains
• Monitor system behavior proactively and respond swiftly to abnormal agent behavior or system failures
• Introduce tools, systems, and development culture to improve engineering efficiency and team collaboration
• Mentor and support the growth of team members by helping them develop strong technical fundamentals
• Take technical leadership across a cross-functional team—including backend, frontend, AI, and SRE engineers—and drive the overall development process (required for Lead position).

REQUIREMENTS

Technical

(*) Must have

5+ years for Web development

3+ years of experience with Python (or Golang as an alternative)

Solid understanding of:

• Frontend development (e.g., TypeScript, React)
• Cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, Terraform, serverless architecture)
• AI system integration (e.g., working with LLM APIs, embedding, vector DBs

Experience with:

• Type hinting and static analysis using mypy
• Unit testing using pytest
• Code quality tools: black, flake8, isort, bandit
• Docker and containerized development
• Operating and maintaining applications in a production environment
• Application performance tuning
• Agile development processes

(*) Nice to have

Experience with:

• Django (web framework)
• Celery (asynchronous task processing with Amazon SQS or other brokers)
• Graphene (GraphQL library with code-first approach)

Practical knowledge in:

• Container Orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Kustomize)
• Frontend architecture design or collaboration with frontend engineers
• Integrating LLMs into production applications (e.g., prompt management, RAG pipeline, evaluation tools)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipeline automation
• Experience in B2B application development

Communication

• Experience leading a project as a team lead (required for Lead position)
• Experience mentoring or educating team members
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability