Senior Backend Engineer for AI Platform (Node/TS) - Hybrid

Strategic Staffing Solutions; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for an AI-focused platform, combining Node.js/TypeScript APIs with Python services. You will design, build, and maintain scalable backend services powering an enterprise CMS and AI capabilities. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and collaboration with AI teams.

You will work on cloud-native solutions, implement observability, and contribute to secure access to enterprise knowledge. Hybrid work in St.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven track record of shipping enterprise-grade production software.
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Experience designing and supporting REST APIs and backend services.
• Experience with AWS in production environments.
• Working knowledge of Python and willingness to contribute when needed.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Git, code reviews, and modern development practices.
• Understanding of CI/CD and automated deployment pipelines.
• Experience implementing logging, monitoring, and observability solutions.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices, API security, authentication, and OWASP fundamentals.
• Experience working within Agile development teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, monitor, and support production services.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs for content management, retrieval, and integrations.
• Enhance a CMS platform built with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Contribute to Python-based services supporting AI applications.
• Build reusable services and patterns that improve scalability and developer productivity.
• Review code and promote engineering best practices.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve production systems.
• Partner with AI engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and API specifications.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

REST APIs

AWS

Python

Distributed systems

Git

CI/CD

Observability

Security best practices

Agile

Backend architecture

Tools

AWS

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

OAuth

IAM

Job description

Strategic Staffing Solutions is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for an AI-focused platform, combining Node.js/TypeScript APIs with Python services. You will design, build, and maintain scalable backend services powering an enterprise CMS and AI capabilities. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and collaboration with AI teams.

You will work on cloud-native solutions, implement observability, and contribute to secure access to enterprise knowledge. Hybrid work in St.