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# Senior Python Backend Engineer - AI Service Operations (all gender)

- **Company:** ALTEN Consulting GmbH
- **Location:** München, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €79,000.0 - €94,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Application Performance Management, Automation of Tests, Software Bug Management, Databases, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Logging, Spring Cloud, ReactJS, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Flask (Web Framework), Large Language Models, Backend, Git, Fastapi, Information Technology, Codebase, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Docker
- **Published:** October 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.xing.com/jobs/muenchen-senior-python-backend-engineer-ai-service-operations-gender-158742145

## About the Role

* have a completed vocational training, university degree, or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical field
 * bring strong professional experience in Python backend development, including FastAPI, Flask or comparable frameworks, as well as debugging and maintaining complex codebases
 * possess solid expertise in REST APIs, PostgreSQL, SQL, data modeling, automated testing and collaborative Git-based development workflows
 * have hands-on experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native applications, monitoring tools and distributed systems; AWS experience is considered a strong advantage
 * understand AI-powered applications, including LLM integrations, RAG concepts, vector databases and AI service architectures, and are fluent in English with excellent communication skills in an international environment

## Description

* take technical ownership for the reliable operation, monitoring and continuous improvement of AI-powered applications in production
 * investigate incidents, perform root cause analyses and resolve issues across Python backends, React frontends, APIs, databases and AI integrations
 * implement bug fixes, hotfixes and technical improvements while ensuring high code quality through testing, peer reviews and CI/CD processes
 * optimize application performance, monitoring, logging, alerting and resilience while automating recurring operational activities
 * collaborate closely with AI engineers, cloud teams, platform teams and business stakeholders to support deployments, hypercare phases and operational excellence
 * maintain technical documentation, troubleshooting guides and operational runbooks while supporting knowledge transfer and long-term application stability