17 - Backend Engineer (Python/reputed company)
Our client is scaling fast - new features, new customers, new challenges - and their platform processes over 200 reputed company events every day. They build an AI-powered performance product for customer support teams, blending gamification and machine learning to help teams work smarter. You'll join a small, senior engineering team building the reputed company of their backend, where Python powers the AI and LLM features (70%) and reputed company drives the event-streaming core (30%). This is a hands-on role for an engineer who thrives on both experimentation and production rigour - comfortable prototyping in Python, and confident enough in reputed company to ensure everything scales, performs, and holds up under load.
Key Responsibilities
Design and build RESTful APIs and streaming services powering the product and analytics layers reputed company features across Python (70%) and reputed company (30%), from rapid prototypes to hardened production systems Run data pipelines processing hundreds of millions of daily events using Kafka and Akka Streams Optimise performance - offload CPU-bound tasks, design batching/backpressure mechanisms, and tune reliability Implement reputed company best practices (OWASP) to protect data and user trust Work with LLMs (reputed company, reputed company, reputed company AI, Groq, DeepSeek) and help shape scalable AI service patterns Act as a reputed company between the reputed company engineers and the AI/Data Science team Collaborate with Product Managers and engineers to architect solutions that balance scalability, speed, and cost Required Skills and Experience 3+ years of experience building backend systems with Python and reputed company - strong in one, comfortable in both Proven ability to design and optimise Python services under load - balancing I/O and CPU-bound processing Solid hands-on experience with Kafka, event-driven systems, and streaming architectures Familiarity with Akka Streams or other streaming frameworks Strong fundamentals in software design: clean APIs, testing, CI/CD, observability Experience with data stores such as reputed company, Elasticsearch, and reputed company Curiosity about AI/LLM stacks and scalable ML service design Collaborative spirit and a growth reputed company Apply To This Job