Software Engineer, Backend - AI Practice Team

About the role

ABS is seeking an exceptional Backend Engineer to join our Artificial Intelligence (AI) Practice Team. This position can be based in Houston, Texas; Knoxville, Tennessee; or Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Architect distributed systems: Design and implement event-driven backends using advanced patterns such as CQRS, Event Sourcing, Saga, and Circuit Breakers.
• Build at scale: Develop and maintain web services in Go and Python, leveraging cloud-native infrastructure for resiliency and elasticity.
• Optimize for performance: Ensure APIs and data pipelines meet strict SLAs through advanced performance profiling, caching, and query optimization.
• Stream real-time data: Engineer high-throughput pipelines using Apache Kafka and other event streaming platforms.
• Deliver reliability: Establish strong observability, testing, and monitoring practices to guarantee consistency, uptime, and fault tolerance.

Requirements

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 8+ years of backend development experience, with a focus on high-performance, data-intensive systems. 5+ years deploying and operating applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Proven track record: Building production systems that sustain high concurrency and throughput.
• Expert proficiency: Expert proficiency in Go and Python for backend development. Deep experience with event-driven architectures and real-time streaming, particularly Apache Kafka. Mastery of distributed system patterns (CQRS, Event Sourcing, Saga, Circuit Breaker, Bulkhead).
• Strong command: Strong command of performance optimization—caching layers, database tuning, and system-level profiling. Hands-on experience with analytics platforms (e.g., Databricks) for large-scale data processing and ML workflows.
• Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: Proficiency with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code. Familiarity with vector databases, search systems, and advanced retrieval-optimized data structures.

Qualifications

• Reporting Relationships: This role reports to a project manager and does not initially include direct reports.

Skills

• Expert proficiency in Go and Python for backend development.
• Deep experience with event-driven architectures and real-time streaming, particularly Apache Kafka.
• Mastery of distributed system patterns (CQRS, Event Sourcing, Saga, Circuit Breaker, Bulkhead).
• Strong command of performance optimization—caching layers, database tuning, and system-level profiling.
• Hands-on experience with analytics platforms (e.g., Databricks) for large-scale data processing and ML workflows.
• Proficiency with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code.
• Familiarity with vector databases, search systems, and advanced retrieval-optimized data structures.

Benefits

• Medical insurance (PPO and HD)
• Dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings account (HSA)
• Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Disability leave programs
• Parenthood leave program
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation time
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• 401K plan with a generous company match

Pay

Salary Range: $90,000 - $150,000 USD Starting salary is based on multiple factors including skillset and experience.

Schedule

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