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# Backend Integration Engineer (AI/Model Services)

- **Company:** Motion Recruitment
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, BigQuery, Business Software, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Azure Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, Large Language Models, Backend, Git, Containerization, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Enterprise Integration, Api Gateway, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b3a9b20593756016

## About the Role

* 5+ years of software engineering experience
 * Strong backend development experience using Golang and/or Python
 * Experience building scalable, real-time services and APIs
 * Strong understanding of microservices and service integration architectures
 * Proven experience leading projects, initiatives, or engineering teams
 * Experience with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes
 * Linux administration and development experience
 * Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines
 * Strong relational database experience
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Desired Skills & Experience

 * Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
 * Exposure to Vertex AI, BigQuery, or cloud-native AI/ML platforms
 * Experience integrating predictive models into enterprise applications
 * Knowledge of model-serving architectures and API gateways
 * Rust and/or C++ experience
 * Familiarity with GenAI, LLMs, or AI agents
 * Experience working in distributed or global team environments

## Description

* 40% Golang/Python Backend Development
 * 25% API & Service Integration
 * 15% Cloud & Container Technologies (GCP/Kubernetes)
 * 10% CI/CD & DevOps Practices
 * 10% Architecture & Technical Leadership

Daily Responsibilities

 * Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs
 * Build integration layers that expose predictive model outputs to business applications
 * Create real-time services supporting AI and machine learning solutions
 * Partner with data science teams to operationalize predictive models
 * Collaborate with global engineering teams on platform modernization efforts
 * Contribute to architecture and design decisions for enterprise-scale systems
 * Implement CI/CD best practices and deployment automation
 * Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across projects
 * Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives


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