Senior Backend Engineer

Job Description

• Design and develop scalable AI-powered backend systems for SysML-based engineering environments
• Build and maintain distributed data ingestion and ETL pipelines for large-scale engineering artifacts and technical documentation
• Develop and optimize LLM-powered workflows for metadata extraction, semantic analysis, and entity resolution
• Implement AI agents and multi-agent orchestration workflows
• Design and improve RAG-based architectures and semantic retrieval pipelines
• Develop graph-based knowledge representation and traceability analysis solutions
• Work with graph databases, graph processing libraries, and semantic relationship modeling
• Build and optimize distributed data processing workflows using Apache Spark
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to integrate AI capabilities into platform services
• Design scalable and high-performance APIs and backend services
• Improve system reliability, scalability, observability, and performance across distributed environments
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making processes
• Contribute to cloud-native infrastructure and deployment workflows
• Support deployments in secure, air-gapped, or classified environments when required
• Create and maintain technical documentation and engineering best practices

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of commercial experience in software engineering, Data Engineering, or AI systems development
• Experience with at least one JVM language
• Hands-on experience building distributed and scalable systems
• Practical experience with LLM-based applications and AI integrations
• Experience building AI agents and multi-agent systems
• Strong understanding of RAG architectures and semantic retrieval workflows
• Hands-on experience with graph technologies, graph libraries, and graph databases
• Strong understanding of ETL pipelines and large-scale data ingestion workflows
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure and distributed environments
• Practical experience with backend platform development and API integrations
• Good understanding of semantic search, entity resolution, and metadata extraction
• Experience working with highly scalable and high-performance systems
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Upper-Intermediate level of English

WILL BE A PLUS

• Background in Data Engineering
• Experience with  distributed data processing, Apache Spark, or Apache Beam
• Experience with Knowledge Graphs and graph-based semantic modeling
• Familiarity with MBSE or SysML environments
• Experience supporting air-gapped or classified environments
• Experience with vector databases and embedding pipelines
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

Additional Information

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and in a distributed team
• Adaptability to secure and classified environments
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Passion for AI-driven engineering solutions