This role is for one of our clients Industry Technology Information and Media Seniority level Mid-Senior level Min Experience 8 years Location Remote India JobType full-time We are looking for an accomplished Principal Backend Platform Engineer to drive the development architecture and scaling of high-performance backend systems and AI-enabled infrastructure In this role you will take deep ownership of critical platform components define architectural strategy and progressively expand into a technical leadership position guiding engineering standards mentoring talent and shaping long-term technology vision This position is ideal for an engineering leader who enjoys solving complex distributed systems challenges scaling advanced compute environments and operating at the intersection of backend engineering ML infrastructure and product innovation Key Responsibilities Architect develop and optimize backend systems scalable services and production-grade APIs powering mission-critical workflows Lead architectural direction evaluate technology trade-offs and influence long-term engineering decisions related to scalability observability and system performance Build and operationalize ML inference systems at scale leveraging GPU environments and high-efficiency inference servers Support infrastructure management including AWS environments container orchestration CI CD automation observability tooling and security frameworks Guide and mentor engineers foster engineering best practices and drive a culture of high ownership and delivery excellence Partner with product teams to translate requirements into technical strategies and high-impact releases Drive continuous improvement across automation performance tuning monitoring incident management and deployment processes Collaborate cross-functionally with Customer Engineering Sales and Leadership to support enterprise-grade use cases and high-value deployments Tech Stack EnvironmentBackend Python FastAPI Celery REST APIsData Search MySQL OpenSearch Redis ValkeyApplications React Next js Tailwind Framer Motion FigmaInfrastructure AWS Docker Swarm S3 Cloudflare R2 n8nAI Infrastructure NVIDIA GPUs Triton Inference Server distributed inference pipelinesWorkflows Celery distributed task execution Required Qualifications8 years of professional engineering experience building scalable backend services and distributed systems Proven expertise with Python performance optimization API architecture and high-throughput system design Strong background with relational databases caching layers search engines and asynchronous task execution Hands-on experience managing infrastructure in AWS and container environments and implementing CI CD workflows Exposure to ML deployment pipelines GPU compute or large-scale media processing systems Ability to make architectural decisions that balance speed reliability cost efficiency and long-term maintainability Leadership Behavioral Competencies Solid ownership mindset takes responsibility end-to-end from concept to production rollout Excellent communication ability to break down complex challenges and influence without authority Experience guiding or mentoring engineers committed to raising engineering quality bar Business-focused thinking prioritizes value outcomes and customer impact Expected Success Path3 Months Own major backend components and deliver measurable performance improvements 6-9 Months Lead major product releases and collaborate on architectural roadmap execution 12-18 Months Own platform vision scaling strategy and core engineering operations We may use artificial intelligence AI tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us

📌 Principal Backend & Platform Engineer (India)
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