Senior AI Engineer

Nasiko; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Nasiko seeks an experienced backend engineer in Bengaluru to design and build scalable, production-grade systems with a focus on event-driven architectures and microservices. Proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust is required, with hands-on Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud-native practices.

You will own the backend stack, work across distributed environments, optimize performance and reliability, and explore AI/LLM integrations. Experience with Kafka and cloud platforms is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 4-9 years of hands-on backend engineering experience.
• Experience with event-driven, distributed systems using Kafka and streaming platforms.
• Experience with AI-powered apps, LLM-based systems, or AI infrastructure is a plus.
• Strong software architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust (at least one).
• Hands-on Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, Redis, and scalable data storage.
• Familiarity with microservices, observability, monitoring, and production operations.
• Ownership mindset to design, build, and operate mission-critical backend platforms.

Skills

Backend engineering

Event-driven systems

Distributed systems

Go/Python/Rust

Cloud-native infrastructure

System design

Observability/Monitoring

Ownership mindset

AI/LLM workflows

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS

GCP

Azure

SQL/NoSQL

Redis

Job description

Requirements:

• 4-9 years of hands-on backend engineering experience building large-scale, production-grade systems.
• Strong experience designing and building event-driven, distributed systems using technologies like Kafka, streaming platforms, and asynchronous architectures.
• Experience building or integrating AI-powered applications, agentic workflows, LLM-based systems, or AI infrastructure is a strong plus.
• Solid expertise in software architecture, system design, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust (at least one) with experience building high-throughput backend services.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching technologies (Redis), and scalable data storage solutions.
• Familiarity with microservices, observability, monitoring, and production operations in distributed environments.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to design, build, and operate mission-critical backend platforms.