Backend Lead Engineer

22 hours ago

tamil nadu, India EROS GenAI Full time

Role OverviewWe are looking for a highly capable Backend Lead to architect, build, and scale our backend systems powering AI-driven products. You will design robust backend architectures, lead the engineering team, drive technical direction, and ensure our APIs, services, and infrastructure are optimized for high-performance AI workloads.Key Roles• Architect and develop scalable backend systems using Django, FastAPI, microservices, and domain-driven design principles.• Lead the planning, designing, and implementation of RESTful APIs and backend services used by internal and external applications.• Oversee backend integrations for AI model inference, job orchestration, async processing, and high-load GPU-backed services.• Manage data storage solutions across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and implement caching and pub/sub patterns.• Build reliable asynchronous task systems using Celery, Redis queues, RabbitMQ, or equivalent.• Lead, mentor, and support the backend engineering team—code reviews, technical guidance, architecture decisions, and delivery planning.• Collaborate with ML, DevOps, and product teams to ensure smooth end-to-end delivery of AI features.Responsibilities• Drive backend architectural decisions, enforce coding standards, and ensure best practices in security, performance, and reliability.• Develop scalable backend solutions for model serving, heavy computation pipelines, and async job execution.• Optimize API performance, caching layers, database schemas, and background tasks.• Own sprint planning, task allocation, and overall backend team productivity.• Maintain CI/CD workflows, participate in debugging sessions, and guide the team in troubleshooting complex backend issues.• Document architectural designs, API specifications, and backend workflows.• Ensure backend systems are production-ready, with proper logging, monitoring, and fault tolerance.Required Qualifications• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.• 4–7+ years of backend development experience, including system design and team leadership.• Strong proficiency in Django, FastAPI, Python, and modern API development.• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and caching strategies.• Strong knowledge of Celery or similar asynchronous task queues.• Experience working with AI/ML model-serving backends is a strong plus (GPU workloads, async inference, batching, streaming, WebSocket APIs).• Understanding of backend scalability, distributed systems, and microservice architecture.• Experience mentoring engineers, conducting reviews, and managing team delivery.Note - We also accept International Applicants

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