Senior Backend Engineer, Distributed AI Systems

Mainz Brady Group; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Mainz Brady Group seeks a backend-focused engineer to build production-grade distributed systems powering AI for American manufacturing. You will design scalable microservices and data pipelines, and shape a growing AI-enabled platform in Linux environments.

You will contribute to backend architecture and leverage AI tooling to accelerate development, while aligning with real-time guidance on the factory floor.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Python and 5 to 10+ years building scalable backend systems in Linux environments.
• Deep experience with service architecture, contract-first APIs, schema evolution and fault-tolerant communication.
• Daily expertise with AI development tools such as Claude Code, Augment, Copilot or similar.

Responsibilities

• Build production-grade distributed systems powering AI solutions for manufacturing.
• Develop scalable microservices and data pipelines in Linux environments.
• Help shape a growing AI-enabled platform and guide real-time operations on the factory floor.

Skills

Python

Distributed Systems

AI-Assisted Development

Tools

gRPC

Protobuf

Job description

Mainz Brady Group seeks a backend-focused engineer to build production-grade distributed systems powering AI for American manufacturing. You will design scalable microservices and data pipelines, and shape a growing AI-enabled platform in Linux environments.

You will contribute to backend architecture and leverage AI tooling to accelerate development, while aligning with real-time guidance on the factory floor.