GenAI Backend Engineer - Python, AWS, Remote

SCALEUP; Ciudad de Mendoza; Remote; ARS 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

SCALEUP is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Python-based backend systems that power AI and GenAI solutions for enterprise clients. You will own APIs, data pipelines, and AWS integrations, delivering robust services in a fully remote setup.

Ideal candidates have strong Python backend experience, familiarity with FastAPI/Flask/Django, and hands-on work with containers, distributed systems, and modern deployment pipelines.

Qualifications

• Strong Python backend development experience.
• Experience with FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Experience designing and building scalable APIs and backend services.
• Exposure to AI/ML or GenAI applications, including model integrations, vector databases, embeddings, or document-processing systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services.
• Experience with Docker and modern deployment pipelines.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and service-to-service communication.
• Understanding of functional programming concepts and maintainable software design.
• Professional-level English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable backend systems using Python and frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Develop services for document retrieval, processing pipelines, and AI/GenAI workflows.
• Design reliable APIs that connect AI models, vector databases, embedding services, and other systems.
• Build reusable Python components that integrate with AWS services.
• Work with containers, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.
• Implement logging, metrics, tracing, and internal tools to monitor performance and reliability.
• Write clean, testable, and reusable code while separating business logic from infrastructure.
• Take ownership of backend systems and technical decisions end-to-end

Skills

Python backend

FastAPI/Flask/Django

APIs & backend services

AWS

Docker

Distributed systems

Asynchronous processing

Functional programming

English communication

Problem solving

Independent work

Vector databases

Embedding services

AI/GenAI understanding

Tools

Vector databases

Embedding services

AI/GenAI frameworks

Job description

SCALEUP is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Python-based backend systems that power AI and GenAI solutions for enterprise clients. You will own APIs, data pipelines, and AWS integrations, delivering robust services in a fully remote setup.

Ideal candidates have strong Python backend experience, familiarity with FastAPI/Flask/Django, and hands-on work with containers, distributed systems, and modern deployment pipelines.