TekShapers
Python Backend Engineer
San Jose, California, USA · contract, third party
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About the role
- You will be responsible for creating high-performance APIs, integrating advanced AI agent logic, and ensuring our infrastructure remains rock-solid as we scale.
- Agent Logic Integration: Architect the backend systems that power our AI agents, managing long-running tasks, state persistence, and seamless communication between LLMs and our core services.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain robust, high-throughput APIs (FastAPI, Django, or Flask) capable of handling millions of requests.
- Implement and manage secure identity protocols (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect) to protect user data and internal endpoints.
- Design efficient request routing and service communication patterns using tools like API Gateways, or Service Meshes.
Skills
- If you enjoy solving complex architectural puzzles and want to work at the intersection of traditional backend engineering and
- Expert-level proficiency in Python (3.10+ preferred).
- Deep experience with
- FastAPI, Django AI Tooling:
- Familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks for agentic workflows.
- Strong knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB), plus experience with Vector Databases (Pinecone, Weaviate).
- Infrastructure:
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