Senior Backend Engineer - Python/Django - (4-6 years)

Job Description – AI Tech Lead

Location: Bangaluru

Experience: 10+ Years

Function: AI Center of Excellence (CoE)

Reporting To: Senior Vice President – CX / Head of AI CoE

We are seeking two highly experienced AI Tech Leads (AVP/DGM level) to drive the architecture, development, and delivery of large‑scale AI solutions spanning Predictive AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI across BPM, IT Services, Digital, Data Engineering, and Enterprise Transformation programs.

The role demands strong technical leadership, solution design capabilities, hands‑on execution ownership, and the ability to lead multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver scalable, production‑grade AI systems.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Solution Architecture & Strategy

• Lead end‑to‑end solution architecture across Predictive AI, GenAI, Agentic AI, and enterprise data ecosystems.
• Partner with business and technology teams to define AI strategy, technical roadmaps, and implementation frameworks.
• Translate business goals into scalable AI architectures leveraging microservices, distributed systems, and modern AI toolchains.
• Own architectural decisions on model design, data pipelines, deployment frameworks, MLOps stack, and scaling strategies.

B. Project Delivery & Execution Leadership

• Drive the complete AI project lifecycle: Requirement Analysis → Architecture → Model Development → Engineering → Deployment → Monitoring.
• Lead AI engineering teams in developing production‑grade ML/GenAI/Agentic solutions with high reliability and performance.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, DevOps/MLOps processes, and quality controls.
• Manage multiple concurrent AI initiatives with strong governance, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication.

C. Technical Hands-on Expertise

• Architect and build complex AI systems involving:
• Large Language Models (LLMs) & GenAI apps
• Agentic workflows and autonomous task orchestration
• Predictive modeling, forecasting, optimization, and statistical modeling
• Knowledge graphs, vector databases, embeddings
• Data engineering pipelines (ETL/ELT) and cloud-native architectures
• Drive model evaluation, experimentation, benchmarking, A/B testing, and continuous improvements.

D. Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Lead and mentor a team of AI engineers, data scientists, MLOps engineers and developers.
• Build internal capabilities by establishing training, code reviews, reusable accelerators, and technical playbooks.
• Actively collaborate with product managers, data engineering teams, CX strategy teams, and domain SMEs.

E. Stakeholder & Client Management

• Act as a technology partner during client discussions, proposals, RFP responses, and solution demonstrations.
• Communicate complex AI concepts to CXOs, business leaders, and non-technical stakeholders seamlessly.
• Support pre-sales with solutioning, effort estimation, and technical presentations.

3. A. Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in Python, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), and AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Hands-on experience building applications using:
• LLMs, RAG, fine‑tuning, prompt engineering
• Autonomous AI agents & multi-agent systems
• Predictive ML models (Regression, Classification, Clustering, NLP, CV)
• Expertise in microservices architecture, API design, scalable deployments.
• Strong command over SDLC, Agile methodologies, CI/CD, DevOps & MLOps.
• Experience with data engineering tools: Spark, Databricks, Airflow, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, and modern data lakehouse platforms.

B. Functional & Domain Skills

• Experience working in BPM, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, IT Services.
• Ability to map AI use cases to business value: workflow optimization, automation, customer experience, operations, and analytics.

C. Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong team leadership and mentoring experience.
• Excellent communication, client-facing abilities, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and delivery ownership.

4. Qualifications

• Bachelor’s / Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related fields.
• 10–15 years total experience with at least 5+ years leading AI/ML projects.
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale AI programs in enterprise environments.
• Certifications in AI/ML, cloud, or architecture (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance backend features as part of the tech team.
• Take ownership of features end-to-end in a fast-paced product/startup environment.
• Collaborate with managers, designers, and engineers to deliver user-facing functionality.
• Design and implement scalable REST APIs and supporting backend systems.
• Write clean, reusable, well-tested code and contribute to internal libraries.
• Participate in requirement discussions and translate business needs into technical tasks.
• Support the technical roadmap through architectural input and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Experience: 4 - 5 years.
• Strong understanding of Algorithms, Data Structures, and OOP principles.
• Integrate with third-party systems (payment/SMS APIs, mapping services, etc. ).
• Proficiency in Python and experience with at least one framework (Flask / Django / FastAPI).
• Hands-on experience with design patterns, debugging, and unit testing (pytest/unittest).
• Working knowledge of relational or NoSQL databases and ORMs (SQLAlchemy / Django ORM).
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming (async/await, FastAPI async).
• Experience with caching mechanisms (Redis).
• Ability to perform code reviews and maintain code quality.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization (Docker).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Basic understanding of message brokers (RabbitMQ / Kafka / Redis streams).

CTC: up to 40 LPA

Mandatory Criteria (Can't be neglected during screening) :

Need candidates from Growing startups or Product based companies only

1. 4–6 years experience in backend engineering

2. Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with:

• TypeScript
• Express.js / Nest.js

3. Strong experience with MongoDB (or MySQL / PostgreSQL / DynamoDB)

4. Strong understanding of system design & scalable architecture

5. Hands-on experience in:

• Event-driven architecture / Domain-driven design
• MVC / Microservices

6. Strong in automated testing (especially integration tests)

7. Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)

8. Experience managing production systems

9. Solid understanding of performance, reliability, observability

10. Cloud experience (AWS preferred; GCP/Azure acceptable)

11. Strong coding standards — Clean Code, code reviews, refactoring

If interested kindly share your updated resume at 82008 31681

Skills Required:

- Good experience with programming language Python
- Strong experience in Docker.
- Good knowledge with any of the Cloud Platform like Azure.
- Must be comfortable working in a Linux environment.
- Must have exposure into IOT domain and its protocols ((Zigbee & BLE ,LoRa,Modbus)
- Must be a good team player.
- Strong Communication Skills

Overview of the role

As a Node Developer you will be collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and build performant modern web applications and services. Build high-quality web applications and services by writing clean and modular code.

Must have skills

• Overall 3-5 Years of experience in writing unit and integration tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of web applications and services.
• Measure and improve the performance of microservices. Catalyse growth within the team through code reviews and pair programming to maintain high development standards
• Investigate operational issues to find the root cause and propose improvements Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe’s engineering teams.
• Expert level of experience in the design and development of Web Applications, and highly scalable distributed systems.
• Should have experience in development skills using the latest technologies including NodeJS(fastify framework), Microservices, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc. Should have exposure to NoSQL and SQL development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of physical and logical data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Should possess excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively with globally dispersed teams.
• Build high-performance teams and Coach teams for successful career growth.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and designing schema

Desired Background

Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology

• Core knowledge of PHP and Laravel frameworks

• Fundamental understanding of front-end technologies like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Check if the CSS, HTML, and JavaScript are accurate and consistent across different apps

• Basic knowledge in SQL and NoSQL databases is a plus.

• Build and maintain innovative web applications and websites using modern development tools.

• Document and continuously update the development process, project components, and task progress based on Organization requirements

• Solid experience working with PHP, the latest Laravel version.

• Design and maintain databases.

• Optimize performance by performing UI and back-end tests

• Scale, expand and improve our websites and applications, Perform debugging and troubleshooting on apps.

• Effectively communicate with clients and other teams when needed

• Update on current industry trends and emerging technologies and apply them to the development process

Requirement:-
1. Strong PHP Core programming expertise
2. MySQL DB Model Design and Programming expertise
3. Strong skills in either Joomla or WordPress - at least one is needed.
4. Working know how of HTML 5/ CSS 3
5. Knowledge of SVN or any other version control tools
6. Must have solid REST/API implementation and integration concepts.

Preferred addons :-
1. Good to have Frontend Skills in - Javascript/JQuery/Bootstrap/Angular
2. Experience in common third-party social APIs (google, Facebook, eBay etc)
3. Experience with Payment Gateway integration with APIs like (paypal, payza, authorise.net, Firstdata, Ipayout, Stripe etc)
4. Any experience in Ionic / PhoneGap is a plus

Benefits
1. 6 months of probation period.
2. Working Days: Monday-Friday (As per International Standards).
3. Working Timings: 9 hours per day including break of 1 hour
4. Opportunities to learn and grow.

• 3-5 Years of experience in Backend Development.
• Must have experience in Python (FLASK framework).
• Have Deep understanding of how RESTful APIs work.
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns that can work at scale.
• Sound knowledge of NoSQL/SQL Databases (Mongo DB preferred).
• Strong experience with at-Cloud technology, preferably AWS or GCP or Azure.
• Core experience in developing complex backend systems.
• Communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passionate about application scalability, availability, reliability, and security.

Job Description:

Skills Required:

• Backend developer with hands-on programming experience in Node Js / Python / Golang
• Expertise in developing REST APIs with any backend framework using above languages.
• Expertise in system design & architecture patterns.
• Experience in building reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Experience in optimising application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Strong fundamentals in computer programming, data structure & algorithms.
• Exposure to AWS services like S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch, lambda & API gateway.
• Good understanding for SQL & NoSQL dB’s, preferably work experience with MongoDB.