Senior Backend Engineer - Python/Node.js for AI APIs

NorthBay Solutions LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay Solutions LLC in Abu Dhabi, UAE, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and build scalable APIs and data pipelines powering AI-driven systems. You will integrate ML models into production workflows, ensure reliability, security, and performance of AI services.

Design and implement backend services with Python, Django, Flask, Node.js, and Nest.js; craft REST and GraphQL APIs; collaborate with AI/ML and DevOps teams to productionize AI solutions and maintain scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, Django, and Flask — mandatory.
• 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 at least one major cloud platform: AWS or Azure.
• Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with API development, backend security, performance optimization, testing, and CI/CD.
• Ability to work closely with AI/ML and DevOps teams to productionize AI solutions.

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 machine learning inference endpoints, batch jobs, and model serving workflows.
• Collaborate with DevOps and ML engineers to deploy models, manage feature stores, and handle large datasets.
• Implement secure, high-performance backend systems with caching, queuing, and monitoring.
• Partner with AI engineers to wrap ML models into APIs and deploy them into production environments.
• Develop reusable, maintainable modules and implement unit and integration testing.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud-based backend infrastructure.

Skills

Backend development

API design

CI/CD

Testing

Collaboration with AI/ML teams

Tools

Python

Django

Flask

Node.js

Nest.js

TypeScript

REST

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

NorthBay Solutions LLC in Abu Dhabi, UAE, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and build scalable APIs and data pipelines powering AI-driven systems. You will integrate ML models into production workflows, ensure reliability, security, and performance of AI services.

Design and implement backend services with Python, Django, Flask, Node.js, and Nest.js; craft REST and GraphQL APIs; collaborate with AI/ML and DevOps teams to productionize AI solutions and maintain scalable architectures.