Senior Backend Engineer (Python/Node) for AI APIs

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay in Abu Dhabi, UAE seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to architect scalable APIs and data pipelines for AI-driven systems. You will integrate ML models, ensure reliability and security, and own backend performance in production environments.

Join a team that collaborates with AI/ML and DevOps to deploy models, manage feature stores, and optimize data processing at scale. Strong backend and cloud skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, Django, and Flask.
• Strong experience with Node.js and Nest.js.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, REST/GraphQL APIs, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Experience designing scalable event-driven architectures using Kafka and/or RabbitMQ.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms.
• Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with API development, backend security, performance optimization, testing, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services using Python, Django, Flask, Node.js, and Nest.js.
• Build and maintain scalable REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Integrate ML inference endpoints, batch jobs, and model serving workflows.
• Collaborate with DevOps and ML engineers to deploy models and manage data stores.
• Implement secure, high-performance backend systems with caching, queuing, and monitoring.
• Wrap ML models into production APIs with AI engineers.
• Develop reusable modules and implement unit and integration tests.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments on cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Python

Django

Flask

Node.js

Nest.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS

Azure

Job description

NorthBay in Abu Dhabi, UAE seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to architect scalable APIs and data pipelines for AI-driven systems. You will integrate ML models, ensure reliability and security, and own backend performance in production environments.

Join a team that collaborates with AI/ML and DevOps to deploy models, manage feature stores, and optimize data processing at scale. Strong backend and cloud skills are essential.