Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer

Remote

6 - Month Contract

$60-80/hr

We are seeking a Backend Developer to design, build, and optimize AI-enabled backend services, ensuring seamless API management, real-time data processing, and large-scale system performance. If you're passionate about backend engineering, Python development, and AI-driven infrastructures, this is an exciting opportunity to work with top-tier engineers and innovative cloud technologies.

Company

This agency is a leading Cyrpto and AI digital engineering consultancy, specializing in developing and integrating decentralized and AI-powered solutions across various industries. They work to empower businesses to accelerate their digital transformation journeys with tailored solutions that drive growth.

Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable RESTful & GraphQL APIs
• Build backend services supporting AI agent orchestration and multi-modal AI interactions
• Work with SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, Snowflake) and NoSQL databases
• Deploy backend services on GCP (preferred), AWS, and Azure; utilize Infrastructure-as-Code and optimize CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments
• Ensure robust API authentication to enforce data security & compliance

Skills & Qualifications
• Expertise in Python and backend frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django, Tornado)
• Strong experience with API development (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
• Proficiency in SQL & NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, vector databases)
• Experience with Graph databases (Neo4j, ArangoDB, Amazon Neptune)
• Strong DevOps & CI/CD expertise, ensuring backend scalability and performance
• Experience integrating AI models and backend APIs in AI-enhanced applications