Published: July 7, 2026

Back End Engineer

EXPERIENCE: 5 – 9 YEARS

Position Summary

As a Back End Engineer, you will architect, design, and develop the scalable, high-performance APIs and services that power AIQ’s platform. You will build event-driven systems that process video metadata at scale and integrate tightly with our AI/ML services.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop REST and/or GraphQL APIs and microservices that follow industry best practices, using Python (FastAPI / Flask) and Node.js (Express.js).
• Build video-metadata processing and event-driven systems.
• Design and optimise database schemas across relational and NoSQL stores (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, TimescaleDB, Redis) for efficient retrieval and storage.
• Implement message-broker-based pipelines using Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Implement authentication and security (JWT, OAuth) and apply API security best practices.
• Optimise API performance for low latency and high throughput; identify and resolve bottlenecks; implement caching.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines; containerise with Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes.
• Integrate backend services with AI/ML components and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5 – 9 years of professional software-engineering experience with a focus on API development.
• Proficiency in multiple backend languages (Python, Node.js) and frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Express.js).
• Extensive knowledge of both relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with API security best practices and authentication mechanisms.
• Proven ability to optimise API performance and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure and AWS) and a strong background in CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Experience with data and ML pipelines is a bonus.

Requirements added by the job poster

• 2+ years of work experience with Node.js

• 2+ years of work experience with Python (Programming Language)