Full-Stack AI Engineering Lead
Role Overview
A hands-on technical lead and senior developer responsible for the end-to-end backend stack—from LLM orchestration and data design to scalable API design—ensuring seamless integration with frontend applications.
Key Responsibilities
1. Build & Deploy AI Solution

- Design and develop backend services and APIs using Python (FastAPI).
- Implement microservices and event-driven architectures where appropriate.
- Ensure the platform is scalable, performant, and maintainable.
- Mentor junior developers on coding best practices, patterns, and technical problem solving.
- Collaborate with UI engineers (React/Angular) to integrate backend APIs and support delivery of modular, maintainable micro-frontends.
- Experience developing in React is a plus.

2. Oversee Implementation on Cloud Infrastructure

- Collaborate with infra team for required services on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Implement serverless, containerized, and microservices-based architectures.
- Guide integration of databases (SQL and NoSQL) with backend and frontend services.

3.



Implement Up-to-date Software Engineering Practices

- Provide hands-on guidance for backend and oversee frontend development.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and observability for the platform.
- Optimize application performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Required Capabilities / Skills / Experience

- 8+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on building scalable backend systems. Proven track record of shipping AI/GenAI Solutions.
- Hands-on experience in Python (FastAPI), RESTful APIs, microservices, SQL/NoSQL/Vector databases.
- Experience developing with LLMs and agentic frameworks such as MAF/Autogen/ADK.
- Experience collaborating with frontend teams developing in React or Angular.
- Strong experience in one or more cloud platform (Azure/AWS/GCP) and cloud-native application design.
- Practical knowledge of containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong problem-solving, coding, and system design skills focused on scalable, maintainable solutions.

📌 Full-Stack AI Engineering Lead - AITDS (India)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 India