Senior Backend Engineer – Cloud-Native AI Platforms

Allianz Partners; Madrid; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Allianz Partners is seeking a Backend Engineer within Advanced Analytics to design, build, and operate cloud-native backend services powering AI-enabled solutions at scale. You will collaborate with ML, Platform, and DevOps teams to drive secure, observable, and reusable foundations across global deployments.

The role emphasizes expert Python development with FastAPI, Docker, Kubernetes, and strong CI/CD practices, as well as deep experience with Azure services and PostgreSQL.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional backend engineering experience; MLOps or AI platform experience is a strong plus.
• Expert-level Python; ideally FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy (or equivalent frameworks).
• Strong engineering fundamentals: testing strategies, REST API versioning, documentation, code quality, and pragmatic system design.
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions preferred; ArgoCD or similar also relevant).
• Familiarity with Azure cloud platforms and services, particularly AKS, ACR, Key Vault, Azure Monitor/Application Insights, and Azure API Management (APIM).
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL including schema design, migrations, and performance tuning fundamentals.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and event-driven architectures using Kafka.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and an operational mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and REST APIs powering AI-enabled solutions.
• Deliver cloud-native microservices using Docker and Kubernetes with scalability in mind.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated tests and secure delivery practices.
• Integrate API exposure via gateway patterns including authentication, throttling and versioning.
• Establish observability standards using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Diagnose and resolve issues across microservices, clusters, and pipelines.
• Embed security and resilience in containerized environments.
• Engineer for regulated environments with audit-friendly practices.
• Collaborate with ML, Platform, AI Architects, and DevOps to deliver shared foundations.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Pydantic

SQLAlchemy

PostgreSQL

REST API design

Testing strategies

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Azure

Kafka

Observability

Troubleshooting

Tools

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

Azure API Management (APIM)

AKS

ACR

Key Vault

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Allianz Partners is seeking a Backend Engineer within Advanced Analytics to design, build, and operate cloud-native backend services powering AI-enabled solutions at scale. You will collaborate with ML, Platform, and DevOps teams to drive secure, observable, and reusable foundations across global deployments.

The role emphasizes expert Python development with FastAPI, Docker, Kubernetes, and strong CI/CD practices, as well as deep experience with Azure services and PostgreSQL.