Senior Backend & Platform Engineer (Python/Node/AWS)

Colonial Heights Senior Living; España; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible engagement model

Challenging projects

Security & regulatory compliance

People-first environment

Job summary

TEAM International Services is seeking an experienced Senior Backend / Platform Engineer to design and develop scalable backend APIs and secure microservices for enterprise AI platforms. You will work on real-time AI model hosting, RBAC, and integration with databases, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.

Required: strong backend experience with Python and Node.js, AWS, and a solid grasp of microservices, RESTful/GraphQL APIs, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial backend development experience with Python.
• Hands-on development experience with Node.js.
• Strong practical experience with AWS and cloud-native application development.
• Proven experience designing and building scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-based applications.
• Strong understanding of microservices and distributed system architecture.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Experience integrating backend applications with databases, external APIs, and third-party services.
• Hands-on experience implementing enterprise-grade authentication, authorization, and RBAC.
• Strong understanding of API security and rate-limiting strategies.
• Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
• Strong software engineering practices, including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, integration testing, and code reviews.
• Experience with performance optimization and troubleshooting of production backend services.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly scalable, resilient, and secure backend services and microservices.
• Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs supporting AI-powered applications.
• Integrate core business databases, third-party APIs, and legacy enterprise platforms with the AI engine and related services.
• Optimize backend service latency, performance, and resource utilization to support real-time AI model hosting and inference.
• Implement enterprise-grade authentication and authorization mechanisms, including RBAC.
• Design and implement API rate limiting, access controls, and other security mechanisms.
• Establish and promote clean coding standards and backend engineering best practices.
• Develop comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure platform reliability and maintainability.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to continuous improvements in engineering quality.
• Work closely with AI Engineers to deploy AI model components and backend microservices within containerized environments.
• Integrate applications with cloud-hosted services, APIs, databases, and enterprise systems.
• Contribute to automated CI/CD pipelines and reliable production deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root-cause analysis across distributed services.

Skills

Python

Node.js

AWS

Microservices

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

RBAC

CI/CD

Testing

Security

Tools

Docker

Git

Job description

TEAM International Services is seeking an experienced Senior Backend / Platform Engineer to design and develop scalable backend APIs and secure microservices for enterprise AI platforms. You will work on real-time AI model hosting, RBAC, and integration with databases, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.

Required: strong backend experience with Python and Node.js, AWS, and a solid grasp of microservices, RESTful/GraphQL APIs, and CI/CD.