Senior Python Backend Engineer - AI API Platform (Hybrid)

ScienTec Consulting Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 96,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical benefits

Job summary

ScienTec Consulting Pte. Ltd. is seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Python backends. You will own features end-to-end, integrate with internal and external systems, and contribute to AI-powered backend capabilities.

You will work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and modern cloud patterns in a hybrid Pasir Panjang setting, collaborating with product, engineering, and UX teams to improve system reliability and developer experience.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of backend software engineering experience in production.
• Strong hands-on Python experience with FastAPI or Flask.
• Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs and OAuth 2.0 authentication.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis in backend systems.
• Familiarity with Azure cloud and cloud-native patterns.
• Exposure to LLMs, RAG, vector databases, and prompt engineering.
• IaC experience with Terraform is advantageous.
• CI/CD pipelines and GitLab/GitHub workflows, strong teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Python.
• Own backend features across the full development lifecycle from design to production support.
• Build integrations with internal platforms, external systems, and third-party APIs.
• Develop and enhance AI-powered backend capabilities.
• Build and maintain data processing pipelines for reliable information retrieval.
• Work with relational and non-relational databases for performant systems.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve reliability, observability, and performance.
• Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

OAuth 2.0

CI/CD

Team collaboration

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Terraform

GitLab

GitHub

Job description

ScienTec Consulting Pte. Ltd. is seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Python backends. You will own features end-to-end, integrate with internal and external systems, and contribute to AI-powered backend capabilities.

You will work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and modern cloud patterns in a hybrid Pasir Panjang setting, collaborating with product, engineering, and UX teams to improve system reliability and developer experience.