Senior Backend Architect: Python/Java, AI & Cloud

Avenga; Turkey; On-site; TRY 3,831,000 - 6,226,000; Full time

Job summary

Avenga is seeking a Senior Backend Architect to lead architectural design and ensure technical consistency across services. You will design and develop reusable generative AI services, APIs, and platform components for scalable production systems.

You will turn AI prototypes and proof-of-concepts into scalable, production-ready solutions, define engineering best practices around scalability, observability, CI/CD and automated testing, and collaborate with product, platform, research, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with backend focus.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Python and Java.
• Experience designing large-scale, scalable backend platforms and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture and data modeling.
• Hands-on with AI/LLM frameworks and tooling (LangChain, LangGraph).
• Robust Kubernetes/AWS EKS experience and cloud-native architectures.
• Ability to make architecture and system-design decisions.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, scalability, and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards.
• Effective collaboration in Agile or Kanban environments.
• Strong communication with engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design and ensure technical consistency across services.
• Design and develop reusable Generative AI services, APIs, and platform components.
• Turn AI prototypes into scalable, production-ready solutions.
• Contribute to system design across multiple services and modules.
• Define and promote engineering best practices around scalability, observability, CI/CD, automated testing, and maintainability.
• Build and deploy scalable applications in Kubernetes / AWS EKS environments.
• Collaborate closely with product, platform, research, and engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical and engineering standards.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and cross-team technical initiatives.
• Stay current with Generative AI developments and support their responsible adoption.

Skills

Python

Java

Backend architecture

AI/LLM frameworks

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

CI/CD

Observability

Code reviews

Agile / Kanban

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

LangChain

LangGraph

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Avenga is seeking a Senior Backend Architect to lead architectural design and ensure technical consistency across services. You will design and develop reusable generative AI services, APIs, and platform components for scalable production systems.

You will turn AI prototypes and proof-of-concepts into scalable, production-ready solutions, define engineering best practices around scalability, observability, CI/CD and automated testing, and collaborate with product, platform, research, and