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# Senior Backend Software Engineer | AI Engine

- **Company:** WellHub Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Cloud Services, Prometheus, Standard Sql, SQL Databases, GitHub Copilot, Large Language Models, Grafana, Backend, Kotlin, Event Driven Architecture, Apache Kafka, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Data Pipelines, Serverless Computing, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** June 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fb50483bcde83f37

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Serverless cloud services?, * Strong communicator, written and verbal, with technical and non-technical audiences.

 * Critical thinker. You question assumptions instead of nodding along.
 * No ego. Comfortable saying "I don't know" and going to find out.
 * Proactive. You notice things that should be better and fix them without being asked.
 * Collaborative across product, design, data science, and engineering.

WHAT YOU NEED

 * Strong Python and a track record of shipping and operating production backends.
 * Solid AWS, including serverless (Lambda).
 * SQL and NoSQL (DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Postgres). you understand access patterns and where things fall over.
 * APIs you've actually designed, integrated, and monitored in production.
 * Event-driven systems (Kafka, SQS).
 * Production observability: metrics, logs, traces, alerts (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
 * Comfort with distributed systems and loosely-scoped problems.

BONUS POINTS

 * Strong SQL and some data pipeline experience (e.g., Airflow).
 * Experience with LLM-based systems in production. Evaluation, prompts, retrieval, agentic workflows.
 * AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot).
 * Kotlin, Go, or Java for cross-team work.

We recognize that individuals approach job applications differently. We strongly encourage all aspiring applicants to go for it, even if they don't match the job description 100%. We welcome your application and will be delighted to explore if you could be a great fit for our team. For this specific role, please note that experience working with Kotlin, Golang, or Java, microservices, and distributed systems are mandatory requirements.



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