Greetings from Accionlabs!!
Our direct Client is looking for Lead Backend AI Engineer-12 Months Contract -Remote Role-Direct Customer.
Primary Skills : Python, Lead Experience with offshore teams ,Distributed System Design ,Gen AI / Agentic AI ,
Roles and Responsibilities
• Experience coordinating with offshore teams.
• Ability to demonstrate experience collaborating with product teams to gather requirements, working with engineering teams to design solutions, breaking down work into clear, actionable tasks, and driving end-to-end delivery of projects.
• Must demonstrate strong architectural thinking and the ability to clearly articulate system designs, trade-offs, and technical decisions to large technical audiences.
• Critical thinking – Able to think coherently, ask appropriate clarifying questions, and provide solutions to problems presented by the interviewer.
• Communication – Able to communicate concisely and answer questions asked by the interviewer, staying on topic.
• Nonfunctional aspects – Able to share experience and answer questions about nonfunctional aspects such as scaling, monitoring and operations, load and performance testing, code quality, and maintenance (using AI for self-productivity is a significant plus).
• Exposure to large distributed systems projects – Experience implementing large distributed systems, working in sizable teams, and collaborating with cross-functional team members to execute projects.
• Extensive experience in distributed systems – Designing microservice architectures and building microservices using REST APIs, as well as using distributed messaging systems like Kafka or similar.
• Logical thinking & problem solving – Able to solve medium-complexity coding problems (LeetCode medium level).
• Demonstrates flexibility to provide sufficient overlap with the onsite team in a fast-paced environment.
• Basic awareness of LLMs and the Generative AI space.
• Python – Proficiency in Python and basic training in Python programming is a definite plus.
• Gen AI / Agentic AI – Training and exposure to Generative AI and Agentic AI is a definite plus.
Education:
Bachelor s degree in computer science, information Systems, or related discipline.
This role is open to W2 or those seeking Corp-Corp employment.
The salary range for this role is 100-120 k/annum or Corp-Corp rates please contact the recruiter.
In addition to other benefits, Accion Labs offers a comprehensive benefits package, with Accion covering 65% of the medical, dental, and Vision Premiums for employees, their spouses, and dependent children enrolling in the Accion-provided plans.