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Backend AI Architect with 15yrs exp

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NMK Global Inc.

Reston, VA (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 5 days ago (Updated 3 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/27/2026

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Job Description

Backend AI Architect with 15yrs exp
Introduction:
This position is for a highly experienced Backend AI Architect with a total of 15 years of experience. The role will be based in Reston, VA. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in back end architecture, distributed systems, microservices, event driven architecture, API design, cloud native technologies, and AI driven intelligent platforms.
Responsibilities:
Architect and design enterprise-scale backend platforms that are secure, highly available, performant, and cost-efficient. Define and govern service architecture standards, API contracts, and runtime patterns across development teams. Drive technical decisions that balance innovation, maintainability, operability, and long-term platform health. Mentor and guide engineering teams in implementing services, APIs, and shared platform capabilities. Define and implement AI augmented backend architectures, including inference aware service patterns and model serving strategies. Integrate LLMs and GenAI capabilities into customer facing features and internal platforms. Establish spec-driven development workflows leveraging AI to improve developer productivity and quality. Partner with Data Science, ML Engineering, and Product teams to operationalize models with strong SLAs, security, and cost controls. Champion Developer Experience (DevEx) by improving local development tooling, CI/CD quality gates, and test automation. Establish best practices for coding standards, secure development, performance optimization, and reliability engineering. Promote observability first design using logs, metrics, traces, and AI-assisted insights.
Requirements:
Required Skills:
Back End Architect Distributed Systems Microservices Event Driven Architecture API Design Cloud Native AWS DevEx CI/CD Observability LLM Gen
AI RAG AI
Agents Inference Architecture Platform Engineering Champion Developer Experience Preferred Skills:
Managerial experience Stakeholder management Leading large, matrixed, multi-vendor teams Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on architectural depth