Lead AI‑Powered Backend Architect

Energy Acuity; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Enverus is looking for a senior software engineer to lead the design and development of an AI-powered analyst agent, integrating LLMs and tool-based reasoning within a scalable Python backend. You will own architecture decisions, APIs, and structured outputs while mentoring engineers across levels.

You will collaborate with product and domain experts to translate power market challenges into maintainable software, leveraging Kubernetes on cloud platforms and modern data pipelines to support

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering with significant Python backend development.
• Experience leading technical direction on a team or system.
• Experience designing and operating AI-powered or agent-based systems (LLM integration, tool use, structured outputs).
• Significant experience with data-rich applications and pipelines.
• Proven track record delivering reliable, scalable software systems.
• Experience with task queuing systems (Dramatiq, Celery, or similar) and async distributed workflows.
• Experience using Kafka, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes on GCP or AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of our AI-powered analyst agent, including LLM integration, tool architecture, and agentic reasoning pipelines.
• Drive architectural decisions for backend services built in Python, including async task execution, API design, and structured output modeling.
• Own and evolve existing systems to reduce complexity and adopt new technologies.
• Define engineering standards and patterns across the team and mentor engineers at multiple levels.
• Partner with product/domain experts to translate power market problems into scalable software.
• Integrate frontier AI models (Claude via AWS Bedrock) as capabilities advance.

Skills

Python backend

Technical leadership

AI-powered systems

Data pipelines

Reliable and scalable software

Task queues

Kafka

SQL

NoSQL

Kubernetes

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

MySQL

ClickHouse

AWS/GCP

Job description

Enverus is looking for a senior software engineer to lead the design and development of an AI-powered analyst agent, integrating LLMs and tool-based reasoning within a scalable Python backend. You will own architecture decisions, APIs, and structured outputs while mentoring engineers across levels.

You will collaborate with product and domain experts to translate power market challenges into maintainable software, leveraging Kubernetes on cloud platforms and modern data pipelines to support