Principal Backend Engineer (AI / Cloud / Scalable Systems) 1723

We are looking for a Senior Principal Backend Engineer to join an innovative technology company developing a next-generation AI-powered platform designed to transform critical processes within a highly regulated industry. This role will play a key part in defining architecture, scalability, and the evolution of mission-critical backend systems while collaborating closely with product, cloud, and AI teams.

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Location

Onsite

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Schedule

Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST

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Employment Type

Full-Time

Position Overview

We are seeking a technical leader with strong expertise in backend architecture, distributed systems, and scalable cloud platforms. The selected candidate will be responsible for designing and evolving the architecture of a complex platform while ensuring high standards of performance, availability, security, and maintainability.

This role is ideal for professionals who enjoy solving large-scale technical challenges, leading architectural decisions, and building modern solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead the backend architecture of a large-scale distributed platform.
• Build, optimize, and maintain high-performance APIs and microservices.
• Develop solutions for data processing, workflow orchestration, and complex integrations.
• Drive technical decisions related to databases, messaging systems, cloud services, and infrastructure components.
• Ensure scalability, availability, observability, and security across production systems.
• Integrate external systems through APIs, interoperability standards, and third-party services.
• Collaborate with AI teams to incorporate machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities into the platform.
• Promote engineering best practices, code quality, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams.
• Participate in critical incident resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous platform improvement.

Requisitos

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend development and building scalable systems.
• Strong experience in backend architecture and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing microservices-based architectures.
• Proven experience building production-grade APIs and integrations.
• Advanced knowledge of system design, scalability, availability, and performance optimization.
• Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: TypeScript, Python, or Java.
• Experience working with event-driven architectures.
• Advanced English communication skills for technical discussions and collaboration with international teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning solutions.
• Experience working in regulated industries, SaaS environments, or organizations with strict security and compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of interoperability standards and complex data management.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, resilience, and production incident response.
• Understanding of DevOps principles and deployment automation.

What We Are Looking For

• Strong ownership mindset and technical leadership capabilities.
• Ability to make high-impact architectural decisions.
• Collaborative, team-oriented professional with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for building scalable products using modern technologies and innovative approaches.