Lead Backend Architect: AI-Driven Cloud-Native Systems

Veriipro

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

14 days+

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Qualifications

  • 10+ years designing enterprise-scale cloud-native backend systems.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Node.js/JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Extensive experience with AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD.
  • Experience with distributed messaging (Kafka) and REST/gRPC.
  • Proven track record integrating LLMs into enterprise apps and AI governance.
  • Leadership and mentoring across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture and implementation of scalable cloud-native backends.
  • Design microservices and APIs using Node.js/TypeScript.
  • Define standards for distributed systems and event-driven designs.
  • Drive AI capabilities with LLMs and Agentic AI.
  • Design AI platform components: orchestration, RAG pipelines, model gateways.
  • Provide technical leadership and conduct architecture reviews.
  • Collaborate with Product, Security, EA teams to deliver secure solutions.
  • Mentor engineers and influence technical direction.
  • Evaluate emerging backend, cloud, and AI technologies.
  • Ensure scalability, reliability, security, and observability.

Skills

Node.js
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
Go
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Docker
REST APIs
gRPC
LLMs in enterprise
LangGraph
LangChain
RAG pipelines
Agentic AI
AI governance

Tools

Kafka
Terraform
CI/CD pipelines
LangGraph
LangChain
LlamaIndex
CrewAI
Semantic Kernel
Hugging Face
PyTorch

Job description

Roles & Responsibilities
  • Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable cloud-native backend platforms for Lounge Services.
  • Design and develop high-performance microservices and APIs using Node.js/TypeScript on AWS/GCP.
  • Define architecture standards for distributed systems, event-driven solutions, messaging, and cloud-native applications.
  • Drive the adoption of AI capabilities by integrati ng LLMs and Agentic AI into enterprise backend services.
  • Design and implement reusable AI platform components including orchestration, RAG pipelines, model gateways, and AI observability.
  • Provide technical leadership across engineering teams, driving architecture reviews, engineering best practices, and technology decisions.
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Security, and Enterprise Architecture teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
  • Mentor engineering teams and influence technical direction across multiple initiatives.
  • Evaluate emerging backend, cloud, and AI technologies and recommend enterprise adoption where appropriate.
  • Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, reliability, security, performance, and operational excellence.
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
  • 10+ years of experience in designing and building enterprise-scale, cloud-native backend systems and distributed architectures.
  • Strong hands‑on expertise in Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript (must-have), with working knowledge of Python and Go.
  • Extensive experience developing microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, event‑driven architectures, and scalable backend platforms.
  • Strong expertise in AWS and/or GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, cloud‑native architecture, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with distributed messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka, queues, and asynchronous processing.
  • Proven experience designing highly available, secure, scalable, and resilient backend systems.
  • Strong understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching, observability, logging, and performance optimization.
  • Mandatory experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into enterprise applications and backend platforms.
  • Hands‑on experience with Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, or Semantic Kernel.
  • Experience building Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, AI orchestration workflows, and LLM gateways.
  • Working knowledge of PyTorch, Hugging Face ecosystem, embeddings, inference, and model evaluation.
  • Strong understanding of AI governance, evaluation, safety, and responsible AI practices.
  • Excellent architecture, technical leadership, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.
Required Technologies
  • Languages: Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go
  • Cloud: AWS/GCP
  • Containers: Kubernetes, Docker
  • APIs: REST, gRPC
  • Messaging: Kafka or equivalent
  • AI Frameworks: LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel
  • ML: Hugging Face, PyTorch
  • DevOps: CI/CD, Terraform (preferred)
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