Backend Python Engineer for AI-Ready Azure APIs

Luxoft; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking a Backend Developer to join a team building scalable, cloud-native Python APIs on Microsoft Azure for a major US insurer. You will own services end to end from development through deployment on AKS, with a focus on monitoring, observability and reliability in production.

You will work at the intersection of classic backend engineering and GenAI integration, exposing enterprise capabilities to AI agents via MCP servers and collaborating with stakeholders across the organization.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional backend development with Python.
• Experience building production REST APIs with FastAPI, including async programming.
• Experience with MCP/MCP server or strong ramp-up ability.
• Azure experience: AKS, Cosmos DB, Redis.
• Docker and Kubernetes deployment experience.
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
• Observability tools: Azure Monitor, Application Insights, OpenTelemetry.
• English at least B2 and strong communication with US stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable REST APIs and backend services in Python.
• Build MCP servers using FastMCP to expose data to AI agents.
• Model data access patterns for Azure Cosmos DB with partitioning and throughput.
• Implement caching with Azure Cache for Redis.
• Containerize with Docker and deploy on AKS.
• Create CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, include tests and security scans.
• Implement monitoring and observability via Azure Monitor, OpenTelemetry.
• Own full service lifecycle from design to production support and incident handling.
• Apply secure coding and enterprise security standards.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, architects, frontend engineers and QA.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to backend standards.

Skills

Python

Async programming

REST APIs

English communication

GenAI integration

Security best practices

Code reviews

Tools

FastAPI

Azure

AKS

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cache for Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus / Grafana

Job description

Luxoft is seeking a Backend Developer to join a team building scalable, cloud-native Python APIs on Microsoft Azure for a major US insurer. You will own services end to end from development through deployment on AKS, with a focus on monitoring, observability and reliability in production.

You will work at the intersection of classic backend engineering and GenAI integration, exposing enterprise capabilities to AI agents via MCP servers and collaborating with stakeholders across the organization.