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Senior Backend Developer (AI Native)

Cape Town Region, Western Cape💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-17 → 2026-08-05

Core

Building scalable, reliable backend services and integrating AI capabilities (LLMs, RAG) for global brands in banking, retail, and telecom.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (AI-Native)

Builds

Production-ready backend services and AI-integrated workflows for high-scale, real-time use cases.

Domain

Fintech / AI / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java (Spring Boot), Python, distributed systems, API design, cloud environments (AWS), containerization, Kafka, LLM APIs, prompt engineering, code verification

Preferred skills

Experience with AI tools (Amazon Q, Cursor, Copilot, Claude, GPT), rapid experimentation, ownership mindset

Technologies

Java, Spring Boot, Python, AWS, Kafka, LLMs, RAG, vector search

Responsibilities

Build and own backend services using Java and Python; Integrate AI capabilities into backend workflows; Design clean APIs and handle distributed system challenges; Write and validate tests; Debug production issues and ensure reliability.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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